译 名 King of the Ants
片 名 蚁王杀机
年 代 2003
产 地 美国
类 别 剧情 / 惊悚 / 恐怖 / 犯罪
语 言 英语
上映日期 2003-08-16
豆瓣链接 https://movie.douban.com/subject/1876976/
片 长 102 分钟
导 演 斯图尔特·戈登 / Stuart Gordon
演 员 Steve Heller Steve Heller
弗农·威尔斯 / Vernon Wells
卡莉·威斯特曼 / Carlie Westerman
卡瑞·伍尔 / Kari Wuhrer
克里斯·麦基纳 / Chris McKenna
丹尼尔·鲍德温 / Daniel Baldwin
乔治·温迪特 / George Wendt
朗·里维斯顿 / Ron Livingston
Joe Davis Joe Davis
莱昂内尔·马克·史密斯 / Lionel Mark Smith
编 剧 查理·希格森 / Charlie Higson
制 片 人 查理·希格森 / Charlie Higson
大卫·迈克尔·拉特 / David Michael Latt
乔治·温迪特 / George Wendt
斯图尔特·戈登 / Stuart Gordon
摄 影 马克·阿尔伯格 / Mac Ahlberg
剪 辑 大卫·迈克尔·拉特 / David Michael Latt
美 术 Shannon Kemp Shannon Kemp
化 妆 John Vulich John Vulich
格伦·赫特雷克 / Glenn Hetrick
Jennifer Albrecht Jennifer Albrecht
罗基·福克纳 / Rocky Faulkner
简 介
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.