偷心者

　　故事发生在清朝末年，席方平（沙溢 饰）的父亲是清正廉洁的监察御史，却遭到了贪官的诬陷而被斩首。这一幕恰巧被嫉恶如仇的女鬼小谢（席与立 饰）瞧见，小谢决定替席方平的父亲伸冤。在席方平为父亲守灵之夜，小谢现身，把自己的计划告诉了席方平。在小谢的带领下，两人来到了阴曹地府，哪知道这里的阎王判官亦是贪官污吏之流，不仅未能还席方平父亲的清白，还让席方平白白遭了不少的罪。
　　意难平的小谢又不顾自己的安危，带着苟活的席方平勇闯天庭，得到了二郎神的帮助，最终使得席方平的父亲沉冤得雪。在此过程中，小谢和席方平之间也生出了一段人鬼之恋。

　　凯瑞（贝利·宝顿 Bailey Buntain 饰）、凯西（罗丝·麦克莱弗 Rose McIver 饰）和克里斯托弗（Wyatt Nash 饰）终于从外祖母强烈而又变态的控制欲中逃脱了出来，然而，过去带给他们的阴影却依然影响着三人各自的生活。
　　一晃眼十年过去，已经成为了一名舞蹈演员的凯西陷入了同男友朱利安（威尔·坎普 Will Kemp 饰）的虐恋之中，无法忍受后者暴力的凯西再度回到了克里斯托弗的身边。与此同时，心中充满了愤怒的凯西回到了庄园，她要向祖母奥利维亚（艾伦·波斯蒂恩 Ellen Burstyn 饰）和母亲凯瑞安（海瑟·格拉汉姆 Heather Graham 饰）寻仇，在夺走了凯瑞安的一切之后，遁入疯狂的凯瑞安用一场大火让庄园，这个所有悲剧的发源地化为了灰烬。

　　Young Felicity lives in a monastic school. The only way to live out her sexual fantasies is together with her girlfriend Jenny. But then she receives an invitation to her sister in Hong-Kong and can't wait to finally do the real thing.

　　Martin, an aging man, is abandoned in a psychiatric hospital, where a pharmaceutical business is conducting illegal drug tests. His granddaughter, Ana, discovers that her own father is directly involved and takes action into her own hands. As Ana and Martin run away to grant him his last wish, they must fight for their own survival against the vicious interests of the powerful company. Based on a true story.

　　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!