孙逸瞳

二十五岁的女孩凌秀生活在一个幸福的家庭。父亲凌锦鹏是一所高校的领导，母亲郭筱菊是有名的医生。新婚的凌秀又深得婆婆美萍和丈夫小易的疼爱，她的生活平淡而满足。一次偶然，凌秀突然发现自己的生母其实另有其人，她叫吉爱，而且在生下凌秀的第二天就死了。这对凌秀来说不但意外而且困惑，因为二十五年来甚至没有人对她提起过她生母其人其事的一点点内容。凌秀怀着这个疑问踏上了前往素未来往的姑姑锦鸿家的列车。锦鸿对凌秀的到来并不感到十分意外。在锦鸿家这里，凌秀知道锦鹏、筱菊和吉爱其实从小一起长大，感情始终都很好。让凌秀万万没想到的是，锦鸿认为吉爱的死其实决非意外，更让凌秀无法接受的是，锦鸿暗示说，吉爱的死与锦鹏的和筱菊有关，她认定吉爱死于精心策划的谋杀，而策划人就是锦鹏和筱菊。凌秀怀着满腔的疑问和恐惧来找婆婆美萍，她也是母亲筱菊的好朋友。美萍的话让凌秀再次震惊，美萍说她也是曾经参与抢救的人员之一，美萍肯定的说，吉爱是死于意外。就在凌秀百般痛苦和困惑的时候，她发现，自己怀孕了。凌秀犹豫矛盾中终于来到公安局，查阅当年的卷宗，可惜资料已经不完全，她就去找当年的办案负责人老丁。老丁根本不想提当年的事，凌秀不甘心，一次次前往，感动老丁。心理和生理的双重压力让凌秀病倒，父母和婆婆都知道了她怀孕的事，欣喜万分，可凌秀却在犹豫，一下子发生的事情让她倍感郁郁，她不想在这个时候要孩子。老丁的回忆让凌秀觉得，母亲郭筱菊的疑点越来越多。很可能是她和父亲私情在先，甚而与父亲联手除掉了生母吉爱。凌家夫妇已经知道凌秀异常的原因，也着手挽回这个局面。凌秀开始做噩梦，她已经不知道该相信谁。凌秀开始有意回避与父母的正面接触。出差在外的丈夫小易回来了，凌秀并不知道是郭筱菊让他 提前回来，凌秀再也支持不住，她病倒了。郭筱菊在医院精心照料，并主动和凌秀谈起了当年，她告诉凌秀说，她的生母吉爱其实死于产后抑郁症。可凌秀已经不相信她说的任何。 心力交瘁的凌秀决定不要怀着的孩子，小易同意了，两人来到医院，闻讯而来的凌锦鹏和美萍的极力阻止，可凌秀一意孤行。凌锦鹏知道凌秀的态度，他决定亲自和凌秀谈谈当年。凌锦鹏的态度让凌秀意外而且有些莫名的恐惧，但急于知道真相的凌秀还是答应了。凌锦鹏谈了和凌秀生母的感情，谈了吉爱生产前的变化，谈了吉爱死后和筱菊的结合。凌秀执意要知道最后的答案，凌锦鹏终于告诉她，吉爱其实死于自杀，原因是，凌秀根本就是吉爱和别的男人的孩子。锦鹏和筱菊之所以对凌秀隐瞒了二十五年，其实是为保护她不受到任何伤害和打击。凌秀惊呆了。经历过这样一起大的风波，凌秀成长起来。她顺利生下自己的孩子，一家人重又幸福地生活在一起。。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!。