二十年代初期,响往共产主义的美国名记者约翰·雷德千方百计跑到十月革命之后的苏俄体验生活,追求理想的政治国度,并写出了轰动世界的报导文学《震动世界的十天》。然而,他最后对共产主义彻底失望,重回自由世界。 电影摘要: 第一幕:雷德和露易丝·布莱恩特在波特兰相遇。 第二幕:20世纪10年代在格林威治村的知识分子生活。雷德和露易丝被尤金·奥尼尔和艾玛·高曼等思想家吸引。 第三幕:雷德和露易丝接受俄国革命的影响。 第四幕:雷德试图在美国建立共产党。 第五幕:雷德来到俄国接受布尔什维克的帮助宣传社会主义。1920年雷德去世,年仅32岁。 五个部分充满了乱糟糟的争吵,换句话说,这很难让你对这段历史激起足够的兴趣。在第一部分,观众必须容忍长时间谄媚性的诱导。在这之后,则是雷德和露易丝一段奇怪的爱情:当他们彼此凝视,伴随着革命的高潮和八十年庸俗...。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!。