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.
作为一个母亲，很难不被触动。电影语言本身略稚嫩，但情感细腻。梁芳仪和同学抱怨，觉得妈妈可以做得更好，同学回答：万一她已经做到她的最好了呢？可能永远不存在真正的感同身受。
为什么豆瓣有八分？？在2022年第一天花时间和钱看人吵架？？我不李姐啊
自然主义表演和摄影的范本。
孩子还无法控制自己的情绪，任性自私，无法共情，任凭情绪暴走。
最难得的是导演的真诚，勇敢面对当时自己对母亲的残忍和逃避，并且细致耐心地梳理出来呈现给观众，但整体看完还是觉得少了一点什么，剧本有点单薄？
一届金马怎么会有这么巧的同题作文，也很喜欢这一部。两个泪目的情节，怎么也套不上的马鞍（能代入自己），和小女孩向妈妈示好用的是“可以帮我掏耳朵吗”（太真实的细节）。希望林嘉欣多出来拍电影！
期待太高以至于无法接受这么普通。
然而两位主演的表演与单薄的文本形成了惊人的对照，在碎片化的冲突与和解里，母女二人仍然贡献了细腻丰富的表达。
不绝望就不会zhangda
伤害了父母却不自知。学会了说话，却没有学会爱。
跟瀑布一样都聚焦于疫情下的母女关系，演员很细腻真实，整体算是流畅好看，但是结尾有些仓促粗糙，包括铺陈多时的演讲与跨文化议题嘎然而止，情绪得不到像瀑布的蓝色幕布拉掉一样的释放。
无数的场景和对话的确真实，就是中国家庭普遍环境下的那种相爱相杀的对抗性关系，但是结尾有些漠然吧，电影打开了这扇门，但是核心内容却没有沉下去，有些浅尝则止的感觉。
伤害了父母却不自知。学会了说话，却没有学会爱。
有佳句無佳章~佳句也是來自林嘉欣的幾段表演~~不是說影片裏的這個生活的苦難就不是苦難~~~只是……只是……現實比這些嚴重多的多的~還並沒有被看到……
在新冠大流行的当下看当年SARS背景下的电影感觉很奇妙，这个台湾小家庭成为了中美文化对立冲突的最前线，孩子VS父母，个人VS家庭，随着SARS爆发母女的矛盾达到顶点，最大问题在于影片处心积虑营建的这个困境最后被轻描淡写地抹除了。
近几年来，台湾电影颇有中兴之势，其深层原因，很可能与18年金马事件有关。大陆的终止合作，使得不少台湾电影人才回归本岛。有人才有戏，这是无可辩驳的道理。
故事：7 情感：7 结构：8 节奏：7
三星半 。还是没有深入，但是拍的蛮好看的（真的很讨厌那种明明是伤害，然后都说是为了你好，是因为爱你。。
先看了《米纳里》再看的这部 觉得东亚的亲情都好苦 生活也很苦 虽然生活本来就苦 但怎么亲情都爱得这么苦啊 唉 中间有几场吵架太共情了看得我爆哭 但我为什么要因为吵架触动呢
*1小时19分的那段冲突，大家都演的很好，类似的场面似乎也曾发生在我身上，很揪心很真实，那一巴掌好像打在我脸上过
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