Stuart Gordon, considered a master of the horror genre thanks to classics like Re-Animator and Dagon, decides to do a different move in this strange trip to human morals.
"King of the Ants" is about a regular guy, Sean Crawley(newcomer Chris McKenna), a man without any aspiration who just live in his apartment doing the necessary job to live to the next day. In one of his jobs he meets Duke(Gearge Wendt), who introduces Sean to his boss, Ray Matthews(played by Daniel Baldwin). Ray hires Sean as a spy, and orders him to follow Eric Gatlin(Roy Livingstone), an accountant who has been investigating Ray's company. Problems start when Ray, while drunk, orders Sean to kill Eric. And he does it. Things go wrong when Ray decides to make Sean disappear destroying his mind with violent punishment and humiliation.
From the point where Sean kills Eric, we go in the same boat with him, as he goes through a downward spiral of human degradation, traveling from guilt, to confusion and finally to his rebirth, in a state where humanity, morals and values are not important anymore. Chris McKenna acting is very important because he manages to be likable even when he is part of gruesome acts, both as victim and/or criminal. He has that look of innocence that hides a dark side and he manages to carry the film.
The support cast also includes Kari Wuhrer, as Eric's widow who also becomes a central part of Sean's trip to hell. She gives a fine performance, although it's obvious that Sean is the main character. He is the most developed of all and McKenna's performance is up to the challenge.
The film has very disturbing images of violence, and while it may not be as graphic as "Kill Bill" for example, the strength of the violence is in the lack of humanity that the character manifest. He is more than an ant in this world. He is the king.
Stuart Gordon has managed to create a film that, while maybe it's not one of his best efforts; it's very well done, has a VERY interesting story to tell, and manages to capture the attention every second of it.
而且评论吐槽的点，未来赛博时代无论是守卫狗还是生化人，还是得靠热武器突突突，不过主要的目的还是在于“破坏”本身，为了观赏性还是激烈点的方式比较好嘛
故事一般般，连姆大叔终于不救援改杀手了，莫妮卡大妈也把青春留在西西里了
平庸的乡村悬疑电影，谁才是噪音？谁又守护了谁？
另外，女神，老了。
浪费了好题材，故事讲的不好，就是很不爽的感觉
连姆大叔老了，明显力不从心了，动作尬出一身汗，大美女也有抬头纹了，唏嘘…
从我十几岁开始，看《攻壳机动队》，除了女主角的身材，就没搞通透它在讲什么。这次也是，有头没尾。
没啥新镜头，为了第二季补一波，感觉紧凑了不少
镜头调度还蛮有味道，只是多人站位和表演过于舞台化，剧情也是平铺直叙，没啥起伏。
“战争即和平，自由即奴役”，对日本军国主义细思极恐，弄不好隔海相望就真的出现后人类了。片中也不难看出日本人对美国的复杂心态，既崇拜、依赖强者，又渴望摆脱桎梏、完全自主。
故事一般，结尾有点拉胯。可就凭L和月的同框，就值得一看就，而且对手戏还很多……
属实不能理解这个故事后面的反转，理由倒是有，埋线不足…有点硬凑的意思….不过人物病态扭曲的心理倒是表现的很充分，比如镇长，看着就不适
奔着卡司看的，谁能拒绝夜神月与L再次同台呢！电影节奏较慢，剧情平铺直叙的没什么悬念，最后的反转也不够精彩。看完最有感触的是小警察这个角色，老警察的人性化执法没有学到，反而因为本地人的身份，被乡民的集体意识与共同利益绑架，忘记了作为执法者该遵守的底线，最终成了人情社会中的耗材，相比另外两位主角，这个人物更让我觉得可惜。
3.5🌟 夜神月和L多年以后梦幻同台了！然后后者早已难以辨认，早已不是病娇少年L。日本这种人烟稀少的小岛看起来挺美，实际上，挺适合成为凶杀案的背景。
阵容强大，就是不知道要讲啥，老年人互砍，最后反杀不错
看完后，没有了当初心动的感觉，感觉想山寨，人物哪哪都对，就是没有了那层光泽，挺空的，还不如看连续剧
连姆老爷子的电影，质量还是在保证的，近两小时，一点也不觉得啰嗦！
裸男后空翻简直了哈哈哈，虽然这3d质感实在过于一般我几度想弃，但后面剧情也还可以
看了剧场后才发现原来是tv拼成的剧场，很神奇。不过真的很适合影院大屏幕去看的作品。
看到前半段的发展包括一些台词我都以为暗示后面要朝着那个方向发展，结果第三幕我满头问号？？？
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