A late night courier boy agrees to pick up the feisty daughter of an important client. The two youngsters form a close connection and spend two nights exploring LA's local food scene while their romance blossoms.
Koh Chun Feng's career is starting to wear away at him. His patience is tested by the fact that the newspaper he works for is now jumping on the digital bandwagon. What does prove to be a blessing in disguise, is the camcorder that he is given by the company to supplement his reviews with visuals. Koh begins to take his camcorder with him to local food stalls. He begins to amas...
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!
美国南北战争前夕,南方农场塔拉庄园的千金斯嘉丽(费雯·丽 Vivien Leigh 饰)爱上了另一个农场主的儿子艾希礼(莱斯利·霍华德 Leslie Howard 饰),遭到了拒绝,为了报复,她嫁给了自己不爱的男人,艾希礼妻子梅兰妮(奥利维娅·德哈维兰 Olivia de Havilland 饰)的弟弟查尔斯。 战争期间,斯嘉丽成为寡妇,失去母亲,挑起生活的重担, 不再是当初的千金小姐;战争结束后,她又两度为人妻,嫁给了爱她多年的投机商人瑞德(克拉克·盖博 Clark Gable 饰)。 然而,纵使经历了生活的艰苦,斯嘉丽对艾希礼的感情仍然没有改变。艾希礼妻子梅兰妮的去世,给了斯嘉丽一个机会,一边是深爱自己的丈夫瑞德,一边是心心念念多年的艾希礼?斯嘉丽会给自己怎样一个不一样的明天?