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!
母女二人演的都很好，表演好过故事，刘冠廷最帅；总有人觉得钟孟宏过誉，但确实是我喜欢的风格
女主的精神病人角色设定有种走“得奖捷径”的感觉，反而是王净的女儿角色，人物弧光和成长都更完满。
当他们母女坐在公交上，我突然觉得，是不是应该生一个小孩，如此懂事，将来如若生病，可以被照顾，可以依赖。
匠气有余，里韵不足，钟孟宏精心熬制的一碗滚鸡汤。借疫情符号描摹没落中产早已失衡的亲子关系、人与人之间淡漠疏离的情感，以及灾后如何重塑家庭、自我与亲密关系的心路历程。当心中的暗流化作泄洪喷涌而出，这一刻才完成了真正意义上的自我救赎。瀑布时鸣于耳，长蛇入屋盘桓。整体意象表达设计感太强，全无《大佛》里那股浑然天成的精巧感。
由疫情带来的经济危机是整部电影的背景，所有人都陷入一种离轨的困境，精神的失常与世界失序是交替行进的，但是路数有些老套。后半段渐入佳境，特别电视之后真的有蛇这一下很妙。
有拼凑意象之嫌，贾静雯的表现相比早前确实有脱胎换骨的变化。
本片仍然没有摆脱“做作”感，但这个故事内核足够好，情节铺展足够扎实，于是完全撑住了整个情绪表达。静水流深，后劲十分。赞。
疫情只是一个突如其来的考验，在这次突击检查中，人们精神与身体潜在的病痛纷纷浮现，轻轻一推，大厦倾倒。
相比大陆那些主旋律正能量高大上伟光正的疫情题材，本片直面现实，关注普通人的命运，而不是唱赞歌说假话。
毕竟现实中四处暗涌，实在算不上什么瀑布，最多也就算块破布了
2022-03-20
1.个人观感好于豆瓣6.5分带给我的较低预期…（看到豆瓣评分随评价人数增加而越升越高，为此欣慰一下）；2.奖项信息…（已删除，此前看过相关新闻报道，才知道现在已成不可提及的内容，更没想到的是因为记录《瀑布》的提名获奖情况导致注册豆瓣账号十年多的我第一次被禁言一天）；3.-…每次那個聲音一出現，就很像一台很吵雜的機器，鑽進我耳朵。有時候它會自己走掉，但很多時候，它會持續著，讓我覺得很煩躁，想要摔打東西，甚至傷害自己。一直到剛剛，我終於知道那是什麼聲音了。-那是什麼？-瀑布的聲音。-瀑布？-剛剛妳在講妳爸爸的事，那聲音又來了。我告訴我自己，這次我一定要離開它，我心裡想這麼做，但是好像永遠都做不到。很意外那個轟轟聲它突然離開了，我開始聽到河水、溪流的聲音，原本以為是機器的轟轟聲，但不是，那就是瀑布的聲音。…
瀑布这个概念太贴切了，既是幻听、也是幻视，家庭关系的洪流，生活的洪流，时代的洪流，生活中这些到处涌动的暗流，轻轻的卷起来，就能够吞没普通人的幸福。婚姻失败、疫情隔离、家道中落、思觉失调……罗品文的故事就是一道无情直落的瀑布，是不断下坠却无计可施的人生。影片的最后，那个拉了好久好久的蓝色防水布终于被掀开，这座建筑的施工终于结束。阳光顷刻间，重新洒进了这个房间。生活恢复如常。“不要再问我你还好吗？我答应你，我会努力好起来。”
即便是大家都吐槽，鸡汤，像电视剧，甚至照搬上一部作品阳光普照。
一个阳光普照 一个暗无天日
是演员们的脸都太小了吗……？口罩都戴得松松的😂这个家庭的问题也太精致了。
真的很想说前15分钟很像疫情防控常态化宣传片欸！钟孟宏影调里的家，总是矛盾与爱共存，不同于《阳光普照》对普通家庭的悲剧性命运书写，《瀑布》则是中产家庭的不幸，我更喜欢前作。瀑布的主角只有母女二人，母女角色互换可能是最大的亮点，但片中矛盾的化解、人物的转变都极其的呆滞与割裂，故事也不过是个心理疾病的母亲和孝顺体贴女儿的故事，不够出彩，但能看。唯二的亮点是“铁打的台湾电影，永远不会拖堂的陈以文”和最后10分钟交叉蒙太奇锅里的水和瀑布，前者沸腾的熄灭了火，后者无情的冲散了人。
母亲走出了抑郁，have a nice day；
疫情下的亲子关系，其实疫情也只是一个引子，女儿的视角出发，感觉会比较偏日常化情节上没有太多波折，演员的演技也在线，就是结尾有点不明所以，但是这是真实改编的故事也没啥好说的。
7.6/10渐入佳境，前半段多少有点迷惑，但是慢慢的你会发现影片越来越有嚼头，滋味越来越浓，这是我很喜欢的一点，没有太多的起伏，但是慢慢的感染你，让你静下心来去听这个故事。很喜欢影片悬疑点的设定，很高级也很抓人，会牢牢抓住观众的心，再同主角慢慢揭开面纱，影片最后我想终究是导演不忍心了，也感慨好在是这样的一个结局。贾静雯好美啊！
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