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!

克里斯蒂安（罗伯特·霍夫曼饰）和他的女朋友正在一个荒芜的海滩上散步，他们发现一具女人的尸体躺在那里。仔细一看发现她还活着。第二天，克里斯蒂安在游艇派对上再次见到她，他们相爱了。后来在附近的一家汽车旅馆，当他们准备一起上床睡觉时，奇怪的事情发生了：一个入侵者闯入并开始殴打克里斯蒂安，克里斯蒂安不小心用自己的枪向他开枪。几个小时后，他们发现尸体失踪，并发生了一系列奇怪的事件。

I am awestruck by this movie. Fast zombies that can use weapons, even guns, and are capable of intelligent thought. They plot a strategic offensive to take over the city, hitting the airport, then the TV stations and the power plant. If you love horror, gory, and violent movies and don't mind a little bad acting, then you will LOVE this movie. It is exciting and even a bit suspenseful. It starts out fast and hard and maintains a steady pace of mayhem and carnage. I can't believe more people haven't seen this film. I have yet to meet a horror movie buff that has seen this film before. It is a true gemstone of European horror and exploitation, definitely up to par with the classics of the genre such as Zombi 2, Demons, House by the Cemetery, etc. And it's even readily available uncut (92 minutes) on DVD from Anchor Bay (under the title "Nightmare City") and on VHS under the title "City of the Walking Dead." Super gory and violent, a must for fans of Italian grind house flicks.

This early 70's giallo by Umberto Lenzi is certainly among the best in his filmography and also in the whole genre. Personally I think Lenzi's best films are the funny cartoon-turned-film Kriminal, the stylish giallo Seven Blood-Stained Orchids, the explosive Napoli violenta and this. In the eighties he did plenty of film trash in form of Eaten Alive, Hitcher in the Dark or Black Demons, all of which are ripping something off and/or very dull and slow moving. Knife of Ice came when the giallo boom was at its hottest and the result is convincing. Technically the film is superb, containing great cinematography in the beginning when we learn about the main character's trauma towards trains. From this point on, Lenzi shows us his ability to benefit the widescreen and, for example, the bicycle ride near the forest is genuinely beautiful! This scene also shows Lenzi's ability to build suspense, very slowly but meaningfully. After all, there aren't so many murders in the whole film, only the suspense circulating around the murderer's identity. One suspect is a devil worshipper which brings new aspects to the mystery. Since the final scene takes place in a church, one can wonder if Lenzi wanted to comment on something, maybe the hypocritical morale of church and superstition. The main character (Carrol Baker) is mute which demands a lot from her face and eyes. The actress works very well, giving us a believable performance circulating around the emotions of fear and mental pain. The other actors are good, too. The finally, however, may not give too positive a sight about female sex since they all are expressed rather negatively in the film, one way or another. Still this is easily among the most noteworthy in the genre, not as bloody as the Argento films, for example, but equally suspenseful and visually also interesting.

This film is an extremely entertaining psychological thriller with Carrol Baker excellent as a rich American widow getting away from it all at a secluded Italian villa. Enter smart aleck down on his luck playboy, Lou Castel, who has some golddigging motives behind his slick hipster seduction techniques and has no qualms about how he gets what he wants. He encourages Baker's character's incipient alcoholism and dubious self-esteem, brings in his supposed 'sister' to help drag Baker even further into a maze of sick mind games, drug addiction and group sex, all culminating in a descent into near-madness and self-destructive depravity. I won't give away anymore, suffice to say that the film delivers on its swinging sixties, Euro sleaze ambience and psychological suspense thriller credentials in spades. Director Umberto Lenzi's work has been, at best, uneven and he's churned out his share of crap. However, he made some quite good giallos and crime pictures in the sixties and seventies and this is one of them (other good films by Lenzi -- SPASMO, SEVEN BLOODSTAINED ORCHIDS, ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON, to name only a few). Unfortunately this film is ofen confused with another okay but not-quite-as-good Lenzi film that was also released briefly here in America under the same PARANOIA title (but is more commonly known, especially on video, as A QUIET PLACE TO KILL).

二战过后，罗马同许多城市一样，充斥失业和贫困，人们常常为一个工作机会争得头破血流。已失业多时的里奇（Lamberto Maggiorani）费劲千辛万苦获得一份海报张贴的工作后，却为这份工作需要一辆自行车犯愁，为了以后的日子好过，他用妻子的嫁妆--床单从换回已经当掉的自行车，不想，他的自行车在上班第一天就被盗。里奇同儿子布鲁诺（Enzo Staiola）寻遍罗马大街小巷，也没能找到他赖以活命的自行车，眼见无指望的日子又要降临，里奇决定以牙还牙，可是他的运气却没有别的小偷好。

英国作家詹姆斯·米勒（威廉·施梅尔 William Shimell 饰）来到意大利城市托斯卡纳为新作《合法副本》举办讲座。他与读者讨论书中的观点：关于艺术创作真实性的议论是毫无必要的，因为复制品本身即是原作，原作也是由其他作品复制而来。一个做古董买卖的法国女人（朱丽叶· 比诺什 Juliette Binoche 饰）带着11岁的儿子参与了讨论会，想为刚买的书索要签名。中途因为儿子饿了她提前离开，临走时留下了一个电话号码。 米勒和女人在她的古董店再次相遇，他们驱车去郊外看一样东西。她开着车载着米勒无目的游荡，谈论书的主题，参观博物馆，谈论她叛逆的儿子，两人一路上争吵不休。在一个咖啡馆，女老板以为米勒是女人的丈夫，就开始和她围绕米勒讨论起婚姻。于是他们将错就错，米勒开始扮演女人的丈夫，两人约会，去宾馆。但是副本只是复制，而非原作，米勒结束复制身份，独自离开了郊外。 比诺什凭借此片获得第63届戛纳电影节主竞赛单元最佳女演员奖。

教授阿蒂利奥（罗伯托·贝尼尼 Roberto Benigni饰）对诗有着狂热的喜爱。离了婚的他带着两个小女儿，每天都致力于让他的学生发现诗的美好。近来，有一个梦境常常困扰着他，梦中他在教堂里迎娶一个女子。 直到他参加阿拉伯诗人福阿德（让·雷诺 Jean Reno饰）的记者招待会，才终于在现实中见到了梦中的女子。他坚信眼前的她（尼可莱塔·布拉斯基 Nicoletta Braschi饰）正是自己命运中注定的另一半。于是，这个诗人像迷恋诗歌一样，迷恋上了这个福阿德身边的文学研究员维多利亚。 但是，维多利亚对阿蒂利奥并无好感。她随福阿德回到伊拉克，却不幸中在战火中受了重伤。阿蒂利奥闻讯，不顾一切的奔往那个战火纷飞的国度，寻找心爱的维多利亚，为她疗伤让她苏醒。曲折的旅途就像历险，然而心中有爱，一切都变得无惧。

影片包含了罗杰·瓦迪姆、路易·马勒和费德里科·费里尼三位名导所拍摄的三个短片，内容天马行空，环环相扣。 《门泽哲斯坦》：康泰莎女伯爵（简·方达 Jane Fonda 饰）的所爱慕的对象竟然是一匹马！原来，她死去的情人的鬼魂附在了马的身上，引出了一段离奇的人马之恋。 《威廉·威尔逊》：威廉（阿兰·德龙 Alain Delon 饰）发现世间竟然真的有和自己长得一模一样的人，而那个人似乎整日徘徊在他的身边，每当威廉要干一些坏事时，那个人就会出现进行阻止。他真的存在吗？他这么做的意图又是什么呢？ 《该死的托比》：为了高额的片酬，托比（特伦斯·斯坦普 Terence Stamp 饰）踏上了前往罗马的旅途，在路上，他遇见了一个可爱的女孩，却想不到，这个女孩竟然是魔鬼的化身。

二次世界大战，希特勒妄图入侵英国本土，摧毁英国研发的雷达系统和空军基地指挥部。英军陆军上尉保尔（弗雷德里克·斯塔福德 Frederick Stafford饰）发现德国特工可能冒充英国士兵潜入英国，因此奉命搜捕这群德国特工。与此同时，德国特工人员已在克鲁格（路易吉·皮斯特李 Luigi Pistilli饰）的率领下，在英国展开了秘密活动。 《伦敦上空的鹰》以二次世界大战为时代背景，故事则以真实事件为原型，用记录戏剧的风格描写了德国纳粹在1940年空袭英国本土，致使英国损失惨重的战争故事。本片由上海电影译制厂配音，童自荣、毕可、乔臻、丁建华等知名配音演员倾情献声。

影片是色情与科幻的结合，芭芭丽娜是公元四万年的女詹姆斯·邦德，专门收服太空星系中的妖魔鬼怪。当她被逼降落在一个星球时，她要面对一个同性恋的邪恶皇后、盲眼的英俊天使等等。