视频简介
一起神秘的死亡时间吸引了古生物学家凯丽（布里吉特·芳达 Bridget Fonda 饰）的注意，为了了解事件的真相，凯丽千里迢迢的赶到了案发地——一个古老的湖泊，而之后发生的事情更让凯丽确信，在这平静的湖面下，隐藏了什么可怕的东西。凯丽的猜测在小镇上引起了轰动，有些人信以为真，另一些人则不以为然。就在舆论的热度到达最顶峰之时，一个游客被不明物体拖入湖中的惨剧让所有人都意识到，事情严重了。 凯丽和管理员杰克（比尔·普尔曼 Bill Pullman 饰），警长汉克（布莱丹·格里森 Brendan Gleeson 饰）等人围绕着古湖展开了调查，令人震惊的是，在湖底，他们发现了一只异常凶猛巨大的史前巨鳄。。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!。
