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Umb@`erto Le `nzi is undoubtedly t_h:]%e king of Italian cri/(!me movies, but _* unfortuna,\(tely; Sy-?ndica
t)e Sadists is =not ] .the best examples  of h#is wo;rk i@n t[=;his genre. =;Len; )z?; (i's crim=*e flicks tend+: to  be%. a cut above ^the rest because he m!akes films base).=d on st%;%ori)es w-
ith a \:*p$^oint, and they don+ _'t +l/a$, ck directio`n;); but this fil[m -]fee@ls a bit to \+#o wayward to f-ully fit =^w[ith the (
rest `$of his s;#:tuff. T;#`
he film takes obvious i.nflu; en`?ce( fro/)!m $Sergio@ Leone]'s land`.^mark) western _'A Fist!* ful-) of Dollars' .(whi/@c:h ,$*in turn, took+ . inf-[!luenc:;`e from Akir`@
,a%`_ Kuro$_(sa/wa's l!*=andmark =
$samurai flick  Yojimbo)^, in!;  tha^=t it featur .(-es two [w^arring fa%milies (and a s*]=trong character at the cent.re. The
. cr`=ime that* Lenzi @focuses on is k +idnapp$^ ing, and we !centre=:? `+on a character#! called[ 'Ramb .o!@;'. Rambo is dra!=-
gg;ed into the war; bet $^w.`#[ee*n the t@;*wo!/ famili/es af#(ter). his broth `*er i s kil led becaus]\-e*( of i)[%t. Ram- bo use`s hi:/
s=# brains and braw! !n to pi.t ,the two [$ familie ]=,s against; one#*] anoth?er -, in_^ the$ hop$:e o _f ga@i ning reveng=e for^ his brother'$=s ) death, r  escuin*@_g a young boy that they've ki  dnappe#^*d, an ]d*) (%ultimat]?ely le,-t++ting the! . :$two sides destroy one another.　　The film's biggest asset._ is un%do,`u%(/btedly Tomas= Milian. Milian was pu#;t to gr%+ /_eat =*us![\e )$`.)b_y Lenzi in almost a ll of his crime t ^h-riller!s. Th` /;e ra\?nge ^ of characters he has!@$ pl
!ay-ed
. -fo;#!r Lenzi is i *_mmense, a_`]n_*)d thi$!s one is eas,:ily*_ o^?/ne of the co$ %olest. The character is called \[Rambo, whi-c h immediately sp?!]rang to mind the/ popular Sylvester Stallone c`haract -!%er - ; but)% for on!@;ce, th!e@$ Italians actual%.-.ly h::@av!en't $%st`?olen this name=?. as Syndica;=:te Sadists was rele+
ased first!`[! As u
su]al, th= e film is wicked ?,l)y^= e.?-![nterta=]]inin /$g, a=\s we get\. to watch M)\+ilian get himself^ inv)+)o _lved $ [.in the;: $/usu$$al, ! ==ar,[ray of car chas_ es, sh#$@ootout$@s :and brawls. Lenzi `ha^%s ]got him .!@:`riding a^:` motorb=ike this time round, )+% and every:`#+ _scene
 fea* turing it and Milian is a rea -l [_ standout! However, the fil #m often feels /like it do[+e(sn't really ha(*ve anywhe`_re to go, a=)nd t%his means [that the ! running
) ti%) me i`#s stretched o@.?_u= $t= more +th,(an it shou;:]ld`[[ be. Compared to the crime `)films*=, #o^\f other Italian directors, Syndicate Sadists is mor `#e!_] than above averag]`e; [, bu^/t in relati.$#on /_t o Lenzi crime flicks _such as A/lmost( ,Human and The Cynic, The- $[-Rat and The Fist # - $it+;@ doe)sn't sta/nd]\ tal`l$ as on.%e o=@f Lenzi's. best. S]]till, (+if yo(#_u're looking fo( ^r  ninety m )i@nutes of t;
es $tos t\eron [e;` fuel_l%e)`\d :]mayhem - Syndicate!/( Sadists will *su`%^ =f=fice!