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　　Umberto$ !%#Lenzi%*@^, is undoubte
dly; t?!*he king of Ital+!@ian crime movi [-es, (bu,t unfo(?rt)]+unately Syn,dicate; Sadists is not` the best exa/mples(`
of hi),s w**ork in thi..
s genre. Lenzi& #3 #(+9s crime flick=s tend to be a cu! t above th! e res.t beca ;u$ *s `!e he :]makes films ?based .?on sto.ries .!with a=_ @point, an`?d they don
&#;39t lack dir.ection-=? :*:but #)this film fee=\l/s a_@[ bit too way#ward to fully fit wit-@ ^h the\ res$ t#^. =/of h_is stu
-f-,f. ` T`@he film tak^es^ obvious infl@
uenc#e from Sergio Leo( -ne='s landma,^)rk wester^@_\n &#:39A*/ [Fistful. of Doll?#.ars' (w@_%h$%#ic( h in turn, took in_![fluen/-
ce from Aki= ra]_$ Ku_%?ro_`sawa's landmark s?a$%mu/,rai flick Yojimbo), ,in:. that i\t f-+ea-%tures t;wo wa!r#ring families and _a strong _c#ha(^--racter at the centre. The crim
.e that Le;nzi focuses on is 
.k;idnap`:!p \(i$,.n*g, a.*nd we c:ent re on :;a character called &#:/[39Rambo&^#39. Rambo is dragged int*#o the war between the) two families% aft`)er his brot]*,her i s/) killed b=!ecause of it. Ramb-[#o($% ;use/s his brains and?: brawn to pit \th!;\@e two @+?(families a gai?%nst one# another, :@in [ th-#e hop]e of^[ gainin @
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@] rev$_?enge fo (r h.is brothe*r*/'s \\death, rescuing a you;_,!ng[ boy tha: #t they'? ve kidna(^*pped, `. and ultimat``@el?=y let@:ting.% the two sides destroy  on@e .another]:@.　　The fil+-m'  (s bi[ggest a@^ss*/)e@t i=s undoubtedly Tomas  Mi
!l$],ian. Milian)[ was p`$/ut.? to g reat use by Le%]nzi in !.)almost al$!l of his_ c=(rime t]hr`,illers. The range of chara
)c!!-te.)+rs\, -^\he has pl\ayed for Len`!]zi is immense, and th_is one is ea;+,sily one of the coolest. The cha=$rac^$=ter ^)is called Rambo, which `immediately^ sprang to:  mind the popular] Sy@lv-ester Stallo n:e c%/ha+$racter -_ but for ;,once, the )*I:tali/ans actua`lly haven'!-t stolen t his name as\/? Syndicate S= a![dists !wa:(_s release)@d[. ]first! As u sual,_;/ the film+ is wickedly entertaining, as we %get to w?,atch Milian--/ get himself invo+lved `[(]in the usua;l arra!)y of -)car c?:has es, sho\_o
tout^))!s and brawls. Lenz`\;i has g ot] him riding$.\, a motorbike.)$ + this time round, and  +ever#.y !_scene f+-eatur
ing it and :`Milian is a rea!l standout! Howe
ve r^,, th ^_:e film often fe/els like i#t do(^esn` 't rea]?lly have! *anywher

 e to $go,\] and this means that the ru.nning time is stretched out #\more than!, it sho+uld\) be. Compar==ed t+;o ([the crime
@,? films of: +
other Italian directors,  Syn;-dic?ate S!adists is more than a bove %^-average b :_ut in relation to Le)^ nzi crime flic .
ks s^!uch?] a)_-s ^Almost Human*, and .The Cy$ =+nic\(,=_ The Rat and The Fi)$[/st.)![ - it).` doesn'
?t.* stand tall as one/ !of Lenz/i&%$#39s_ best\=. St
/ill, if y@o,u$%'re look![ing f_ o!,r ninety minutes%!( o]\ _f ?test!.osterone fue./lled mayhem /=^`- S?ynd//.icat- e ; Sadi\sts will suffice!