重案·无罪

　　故事发生在巴西东北部，一名工人出于自卫杀死了老板，开始逃亡。一路上他目睹地主对农民的残酷剥削，便发奋当了一名侠客兼土匪，宣传暴力革命，还土地于人民。这是一部非常暴力的政治影片，其主题和倾向非常明显，但片中融合了大量民俗的元素。
　　本片被众多评论家誉为是巴西电影史上最重要的一部电影。这是一部刻画人物生动的，给人深刻不灭印象的电影杰作，多来一直被认为是巴西乃至整个南美电影史上永恒的一部杰作。

　　愛有三種：婚姻、激情，還有宿命；唯一共通，是皆為鏡花水月。與克萊雅丹妮合編《巴黎眾色相》（2017）的法國作家姬絲汀安戈，剖開自己，以一生為書，道出愛的可望而不可即。以作者第一身自述，從母親視角凝望跌宕成長回憶。鄉下女孩一頭栽進富家子懷抱，走下去是愛的不歸路；啞忍情人的摧殘凌辱，只會對女兒造成無法彌補的傷害。在郭仙妮（《一撞三世界》，37 屆）詩意鏡頭下，一切美麗終將消逝，留下自燃成灰的，只有哀愁與怨恨。

　　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!