托马斯·米连

　　尼克罗（托马斯·米连 Tomas Milian 饰）是一名电影导演，一次偶然中，他邂逅了名为马维（达妮埃拉·西尔韦里奥 Daniela Silverio 饰）的女孩，两个人很快就走到了一起。一天，马维在无缘无故的情况下失踪了，这让尼克罗感到非常的困惑，于是踏上了寻找马维的旅途。　　途中，尼克罗结识了伊达（克里斯蒂娜·布瓦松 Christine Boisson 饰），他将自己和马维的故事告诉了伊达，激起了伊达的好奇心。在伊达的帮助之下，尼克罗最终得到了马维的住址，但等待他的却并非温暖人心的重逢。尼克罗最终和伊达结了婚，两人在度蜜月的途中伊达告诉自己的丈夫她怀孕了，可是肚子里的孩子却并不是尼克罗的。

　　故事发生在意大利的卡塔尼亚，安东尼奥（马塞洛·马斯楚安尼 Marcello Mastroianni 饰）生得一副英俊的面孔，是小镇里有名的花花公子。许多姑娘被他的传闻撩得心痒痒，慕名而来希望成为他的妻子。最终，安东尼奥选择了名为芭芭拉（克劳迪娅·卡汀娜 Claudia Cardinale 饰）的女子，两人携手步入了婚礼的殿堂。　　结婚之后，芭芭拉才发现自己的丈夫外强中干，实际上是个性无能，感觉受到了欺骗的芭芭拉决定离开安东尼奥。为了保全儿子的颜面，安东尼奥的父亲做了许多的荒唐事，并且最终死于非命，而安东尼奥却在无心插柳的情况下，成功的令家中的女仆怀孕。

　　维斯康提那段讲罗密·施奈德扮演的美丽少妇设计向丈夫报仇，冒充他情妇，让他花钱才能得到她；德西卡的那段讲一个胆小的人赢得一个奖，奖品是跟一个女孩的约会；莫尼切里那段在很多海外版本中均被删除，其风格比较偏传统喜剧，较低调，容易消失在同行的阴影里；但最为出彩的还是费里尼的那段，名为《安东尼博士的诱惑》，讲一个波霸美女从海报上“活”过来，取笑一个道貌岸然的禁欲男子。　　幕后制作：　　四位重量级意大利导演用各自的手法捕捉薄伽丘的精神，以罗马为舞台呈现大型世像图。虽然只是部短片，但费里尼却以轻松嘲讽但不失沉重的语气来讲述这个揭露上层阶级虚伪道德观的故事。安东尼博士是个值得探讨的人物，他面对价值崩溃、道德沦丧感到无能为力，妄图以虚伪的面具来掩盖自己内心的欲望，但当巨大的女郎形象从广告中走出与他同乐时，他的本性终于显露。费里尼用梦幻与现实交错的手法同时制造出荒诞与沉重两种调子，极具表现力，在本片中给人印象最为深刻。

　　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!

　　1839年，运送黑奴的阿米斯塔德号在大洋上遭遇暴风雨，黑奴们趁乱暴动，将船员砍杀，控制了阿米斯塔德号后试图驶回家乡，然而六周后，他们阴差阳错抵达了美国，幸存下来的44名黑奴被美国军方逮捕，并将面临杀人罪的指控。此时，西班牙女王向美国总统要求引渡这些属于西班牙的黑奴；两名海军军官也宣称黑奴是他们的战利品；另有人拿出了在古巴购买这些黑奴的证明。各方争执之际，废奴会的领袖之一、同时也是船公司负责人的乔德森（摩根·弗里曼 Morgan Freeman 饰）与友人塔培安雇佣了律师罗杰，希望证明这些黑奴来自非洲，从而在废奴观念深入人心的大环境下为他们谋取自由……