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.
“我常以为是众生普渡了佛祖”“杰伊比姆是成千上万人的泪珠”
意义在电影之外，电影层面真是鸡汤鸡血轮流地灌啊。。
全片都在有意弱化“结果”这个俗不可耐的东西，都在表现过程——没展现如何赢得预赛，没展现失去狮头的师兄弟如何走场演出，没说明咸鱼强队有没有获胜，没说明爸爸是否健康了（不然他去上海干嘛）。或许生命就像舞狮，纵使毫无结果，正如咸鱼强一身本领到最后还是卖咸鱼，主角到最后还是去了上海搬砖……但必须无悔于心，不留遗憾。不然，我们凭什么与神明对目时能说，我在在世上存在过！？
太尬了，星爷的低级模仿秀，看睡了，浪费时间。
目前心中最棒的国漫。虽然在看之前就能想到大致剧情发展，但是电影一开始我还是被画面色彩构图以及男主的发型深深吸引了，运镜也好棒，在天台那一段真的被戳到…结局的留白也很喜欢。爆夸插曲和片尾曲，打算二刷。ps：眼睁睁看着前排大哥电影看一半就拿起手机豆瓣打了一星！（因为他手机屏幕实在太亮，仿佛手电筒举在了我面前😭）心碎呐喊：我刀呢？
女主角抱着手印砖块痛哭的戏真的绷不住了 那种普通人卑微的希望被粉碎的感觉
本片的原型好像打了数年官司才最终取得胜利的，其斗争的过程远没有影片拍的一般顺利，这也是本片的一点瑕疵，不过，这也是主旋律电影最好的模板了。
印度政府怎么能让这种电影过审？正义得以伸张的核心除了权力外的民权律师，还有权力内的警察处处长：”为了警察部门我什么都可以放到一边，但是我永远不会放弃我的良心，我很抱歉。“
粤语版加舞狮yyds啊啊啊啊啊啊啊
一星给画面，一星给音乐，俗套没逻辑的剧情和混乱的电影节奏。 开分后更新：8.3的分让我惊讶，大家对国漫真的过于宽容了吧。不提俗套剧情的选择，这种俗套剧情都没写好逻辑，一切都是为了舞狮推进。主角需要两个朋友一起，就来了两个朋友，主角需要一个师父就来了一个师父。碎片式的台词，尴尬的对白。套个传统的舞狮，大家就宽容成这样了么？一味的吹捧，国漫怎么进步。
印象最深的就是“难道要我告诉我的孩子，我们有钱活着，是打死他爸爸的人施舍的吗”
粤语版加舞狮yyds啊啊啊啊啊啊啊
技术层面算目前国片顶级，但剧情和人设土鳖到无法直视，愿天堂没有全能美少女扶贫屌丝。
夹带私货的文艺作品滚远点，影像艺术人物没有一个有美感就不足于成为一个合格的作品。
罪犯不精明，案件也并不惊天，但是印度推进剧情的能力太厉害了，节奏掌握的游刃有余，急缓张驰有度，慢的唱歌，快的燃爆的BGM，让你两个多小时视听都被牵着走！
可以放开说了。我觉得比起一二幕的稍显草率，最大的遗憾是审美的整体性和原创性欠缺。但第三幕就是我们自己的鱿鱼游戏，也为触及留守儿童的现实主义打个Call，好看的。至于所谓的争议事件，只能说太坏了，什么时候我们不被概念定义，我们才能定义概念。
看得我热泪盈眶，感慨万千。
（三星半）它的现实意义比电影本身重要得多，在解决问题之前最重要的是正视问题本身。
对比我天朝大片，唉…
1.都是女人毁了男人最初的梦想；2.女人帮男人实现梦想就是弥补当初的“后悔”；3.女人应该做男人的梦想启蒙导师；4.女人有了一定成就之后就该退居二线恋爱结婚把舞台让给男人；5.中国人娱个乐都要内卷至死；6.实现梦想的人也无法摆脱打工人的命运。
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