任天堂于1985年出品的经典动作游戏《超级马里奥兄弟》在热卖之后开始掀起了一股马里奥热潮,在这股热潮下,衍生的内容层出不穷,其中就包括了《超级马里奥》主题的动画电影系好安全带抓紧喽--去平行宇宙的旅程即将开始!马里奥和路易吉, 两个搞怪的水管工, 接受了去“地下曼哈顿“拯救公主的任务--而那里的居民竟然是恐龙进化来的!马里奥(鲍勃・霍斯金斯--谁陷害了兔子罗杰)和路易吉(John Leguizamo--意外的人生)将会面对来自邪恶蜥蜴王(丹尼斯・霍柏--球场雄心)的生死挑战。。富二代提多亟欲向心上人寶拉證明自己。他向她謊稱出身貧困,怎料謊言卻變得一發不可收拾。。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!。