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.
喜剧 虽然大部分是肢体笑果 但我笑了 我觉得就及格了 至于故事逻辑的小问题我觉得可以接受 还有点小思考什么的 还不错
有包袱、有戏剧冲突、有反转、人物立体，结局圆满。
5/10。开头质感还不错，越看越无语，看到最后都要给我看乐了，编剧写的啥玩意儿啊，想写人性结果一点深度没有，纯纯喊口号。导演煞有介事整个黑白，结果整个片子看起来也不是按照黑白电影画面的逻辑拍的，就几个大景深镜头能表现出一点水墨质感，大部分时间都在被并不舒服的画面折磨。方言台词听着很怪，看了短评恍然大悟台词就不是按方言逻辑写的，体验很不好。你要说这是学生作品那我勉强原谅，但是从院线作品角度看待实在是打不出高分。
佳佳，大潘 这些都是东北非常好的喜剧演员啊。还有宋晓峰，之前看过他的我不是酒神，也很好啊。东北取景，东北的事儿，拍出来很好看。
有笑点，剧情设计也蛮亮眼的，就是刘平安和范大明白到底啥关系没看懂啊。
佳佳，大潘 这些都是东北非常好的喜剧演员啊。还有宋晓峰，之前看过他的我不是酒神，也很好啊。东北取景，东北的事儿，拍出来很好看。
中年男人的大肚腩看来是标配啊 电影质感超出预期~
前期略浮夸，但是后边接住了。
三颗半，还行，不错，配角都很有趣，打酱油比和以前的电影有意思，有点像冯小刚的大腕
四星半 这片已经有在线的了 导演小白 但是我会持续关注 这片子能打出来这么低的分数 信息量很大啊 导演挺你
崔志佳这个团队真的不太行，办葬礼的想法💡还可以
做为一个电影，故事还是很完整的，该交待的交待，就是不免俗套，但又何妨
冲着二手玫瑰去的，前半段很搞笑，后半段有点深沉，深沉中还是带点搞笑
网大水平，纯搞笑玩梗。故事逻辑重大漏病，出于愧疚，花巨资办葬礼？你还不如直接把钱送给男主。
就冲着后半段只能打两星
表演也还好，并不矫情，虽然还是有浓浓东北土味，但是国产电影值得肯定和鼓励。
能猜到故事走向，伏笔埋得有些简单，有几段挺搞笑，但是整体还是给人东北小品的感觉，最后的升华太硬，还是差点意思
白事里硬要掺进喜剧元素，太吃力，又违和。最后的逻辑，又太假。
真不好看 这种过于理想化的剧情就是 笑也笑不出来 哭也哭不出来 如鲠在喉
孙越和梁龙的出场费有点低了，哈哈哈
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