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迈克尔（安迪•加西亚 饰）与爱莉丝（梅格•瑞恩 饰）有宽敞的寓所，可爱的孩子，生活中应该是充满了幸福的味道。可是爱莉丝酗酒的陋习成为了幸福的隐患，喝醉时她会对女儿大打出手。她明白自己的问题所在并极力想改正，于是她住进了专门戒酒的疗养院。 可是当迈克尔看到妻子在疗养院与其他人相处甚欢的时候，心中突然感到了一阵失落，他仿佛感觉到自己在爱莉丝的心中已不再重要。爱莉丝还是成功戒酒了，性情大变比以前温和多了。爱莉丝依然与疗养院里认识的朋友来往，却招来了迈克尔的不满。盛怒之下，迈克尔离开了他与爱莉丝的家。 当两人再次重逢时，爱莉丝盛情邀请到她家中参加她的康复报告会。报告会当天，迈克尔感觉自己的行为是对爱莉丝造成多么大的伤害……。比莉·霍利戴是有史以来最伟大的歌手之一，她受到广大白人听众的喜爱，但又因她是黑人而备受争议。她是一位受剥削的艺术家和一名暴力的瘾君子，但她也是一位忠实的朋友和一个怀恨在心的情人，同时她还是一个不唱布鲁斯的布鲁斯歌手。当她演唱开创性的抗议歌曲《奇异果》时，她就成了众矢之的。她对自己生活的神秘描述是半真半假和即兴形式的结合。1971年开始，记者琳达·库尔用了8年的时间，通过大量采访，记录了这位标志性歌手短暂而动荡的生活。然而，这本书一直都没有真正写完，采访的录音也一直被深藏——直到今天。。Umberto Lenzi is undoubtedly the king of Italian crime movies, but unfortunately| Syndicate Sadists is not the best examples of his work in this genre. Lenzi's crime flicks tend to be a cut above the rest because he makes films based on stories with a point, and they don't lack direction| but this film feels a bit too wayward to fully fit with the rest of his stuff. The film takes obvious influence from Sergio Leone's landmark western 'A Fistful of Dollars' (which in turn, took influence from Akira Kurosawa's landmark samurai flick Yojimbo), in that it features two warring families and a strong character at the centre. The crime that Lenzi focuses on is kidnapping, and we centre on a character called 'Rambo'. Rambo is dragged into the war between the two families after his brother is killed because of it. Rambo uses his brains and brawn to pit the two families against one another, in the hope of gaining revenge for his brother's death, rescuing a young boy that they've kidnapped, and ultimately letting the two sides destroy one another. The film's biggest asset is undoubtedly Tomas Milian. Milian was put to great use by Lenzi in almost all of his crime thrillers. The range of characters he has played for Lenzi is immense, and this one is easily one of the coolest. The character is called Rambo, which immediately sprang to mind the popular Sylvester Stallone character - but for once, the Italians actually haven't stolen this name as Syndicate Sadists was released first! As usual, the film is wickedly entertaining, as we get to watch Milian get himself involved in the usual array of car chases, shootouts and brawls. Lenzi has got him riding a motorbike this time round, and every scene featuring it and Milian is a real standout! However, the film often feels like it doesn't really have anywhere to go, and this means that the running time is stretched out more than it should be. Compared to the crime films of other Italian directors, Syndicate Sadists is more than above average| but in relation to Lenzi crime flicks such as Almost Human and The Cynic, The Rat and The Fist - it doesn't stand tall as one of Lenzi's best. Still, if you're looking for ninety minutes of testosterone fuelled mayhem - Syndicate Sadists will suffice!。