护卫者

　　日本，幕府时代，流浪中的瞽女（抚琴卖艺的盲人女子）市（绫濑遥饰）在大雪中被人收留，收留她的男子心怀不轨，不想市一剑就将其刺伤。原来市深怀绝世剑法，流浪四方，目的是寻找一名男性盲人剑客。
　　市在途中与貌似胆小的落魄剑客十马（大泽隆夫饰）相识，二人结伴来到了一个村镇。这里有名为万鬼党的流氓团伙作恶，市轻易杀掉几个恶人，但十马却被当地人误会为英雄，十马被当地人为保镖。万鬼党的复仇随之而来，小镇面临一场腥风血雨。市与十马不仅要拯救大家的性命，还从万鬼党中得知了一直寻找的剑客的消息。

　　某日，布莱恩（约翰尼·梅辛纳 Johnny Messner 饰）孤身一人在广袤无垠的沙漠之中醒来，失去了记忆的他不知道自己身处何地，为何在此，甚至不知道自己究竟是谁，有着怎样的身份和过去。他唯一的陪伴是身边躺着的八具尸体，以及塞满了可卡因和钞票的两辆面包车。
　　很快，大毒枭马特奥（丹尼·特乔 Danny Trejo 饰）以及他的爪牙便找上了布莱恩，很显然，可卡因和钱都和马特奥有着不可撇清的关联。除此之外，正义感慢慢的缉毒警探洛克（杜夫·龙格尔 Dolph Lundgren 饰）正摩拳擦掌，想要将布莱恩捉拿归案，与此同时，贪婪腐败的警长奥尔森（迈克尔·帕尔 Michael Paré 饰）亦将布莱恩视作自己最大的阻碍。

　　在一个暴风雪的夜晚，夜莺号列车高速行驶，车上有一个收集伏特加的男人皮迪（史蒂夫•茨恩 Steve Zahn 饰），一个戴眼镜的女人克洛伊（莉莉•索博斯基 Leelee Sobieski 饰），一对下围棋的日本人，以及一只猫。到站时，列车员在外面抽烟，列车长迈尔斯（丹尼•格洛弗 Danny Glover 饰）前后巡视，突然从远处跑来一个抱着盒子的陌生男子，他想上车但没有票，而且他还不停地服药，迈尔斯出于同情，让他上了车。坐下后，他突然口吐白沫死亡。迈尔斯、皮迪和克洛伊惊讶地发现，死者手中的盒子里有价值连城的宝物。于是，三人决定毁尸灭迹，把宝物占为己有。利欲熏心的人们开始了争夺，期间陌生的老妇人和警察的介入，让过程愈加扑朔迷离。乘客一个个死去，这个宝物背后隐藏着不为人知的秘密……

　　布鲁斯·威利斯与EFO Films签订两部新片。一部是将于3月27日开拍的[暴力行为](Acts Of Violencen,暂译)，该片由布莱特·多诺霍([银瀑])执导。

　　该片以搏击、爱情、励志为线索，讲述了成长在小城市的许斌到大都市俱乐部学习搏击，在追求搏击梦的过程中遭遇来自爱情、亲情、金钱和权色的种种挑战和磨难。

　　淞沪会战后上海沦陷，地下工作者林翔（郭富城 饰）受命来到危机四伏的上海，重建惨遭敌人破坏的地下抗日战线。在这里他遇到单纯却很有正义感的兰芳（赵丽颖 饰），这对临时组成的“地下党夫妇”将在战火纷飞中，携手与日本侵略者及伪政府特务展开惊险刺激的生死较量……

　　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!