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日本京都，拥有217年历史的老字号旅店上羽屋，因背负三亿日元债务正走向落幕的终点。在过去的一年，某国际度假酒店委托怀斯咨询公司致力于收购上羽屋的企划均遭拒绝，而随着老板娘上羽薰突然辞世，这家百年老店似乎去日无多。怀斯旗下拥有丰富经验的收购专家衣川周平（椎名桔平 饰）奉命出马，他所面对则是回家奔丧的老板娘之女上羽鸭（松下奈绪 饰）。东大毕业的鸭在财政部供职六年，是一个作风强硬的女强人，却极度讨厌京都所谓的传统。在衣川的煽动下，她对上羽屋进行自上而下的大改革，结果不仅招致恶评，还迫使员工集体辞职，加快了上羽屋消亡的步伐。关键时刻，财政部长莅临让鸭意识到母亲长久以来所坚持的冗繁传统的真意，她也下定决心守护这份祖产。 在上羽屋浴火重生的路上，鸭还将面临更多的挑战……。苏月华和其子岳孝凯旋而归，儿子为苏月华求封一品诰命夫人，却被准儿媳误以为是狐媚子，在婚房里进行了惨无人道的虐待，并拖到街上游街示众。关键时刻儿子终于赶到，果断与其退婚，却不料池家早与番邦勾结，苏月华挺身而出与儿子并肩作战，成功保卫了大夏疆土。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!。
