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.
诶~我就是不说你绑的不是我妹~诶我就是不说人是我妹杀的~诶我就是个玩儿。（灯塔国JC这么受人尊敬？是反串黑么。6.5/10 1080P 21/12/30
女主長得很好看一🌟，希望這部電影可以讓印度的政客覺醒
逻辑漏洞还是挺多，但不影响一个道理：成人的世界都在互相游说欺骗，为了你好是共同的理由
是翻拍其他国家的电影，还是其他国家翻拍过这部电影？似曾相识啊
用悬疑片的手法拍剧情片，有些部分有点怪怪的，但最后一个拥抱的情感分量很足。
女性就算当上了总理 还是要看男人的脸色 还是会被性别歧视觉得女性就是情绪化的 看的我越来越生气 女主真的好勇敢好酷啊
7，系统破坏者的导演，改编剧本，电视剧节奏会破坏观感，情节设置有刻意，虽然努力想做深沉，冲奥好难啊。汉斯季默说我划水也得划得高级点
“你在看这部电影的时候，在印度至少8个女人被强奸”。为什么非得一名女性用全国直播犯罪的方式才能让这个国家开始重视女人一直在被强奸这个事实？以及为什么一个被锁住的女性即使引起了全社会的关注也没能引起国家对女性被拐卖的重视？电影主题是强奸，但前一小时在铺陈叙事和制造悬念的同时也给出了一些女性视角的设计：女总理的意见被男部下们忽视，意图将女总理打造成一个傀儡领导人，因为他们认为女人总是情绪化做不了正确决策；女警察断定女老师不会杀人打算直接冲进去抓人；女主播不被男上司重用直到她以重要线索相逼；以及最后老师在女子监狱里的英文教学。最令人崩溃的时刻是原本一直默默接受治疗与抑郁对抗的她看到强奸犯抓着小女孩的手走进来才最终做下决定。（某些男性即使看了这样的影片也丝毫不为之所动同时又开始在评论区指点江山）
看得很难受，迫不得已用极端方法解决极端问题
看了剪辑，这个电影很感拍。只是在zg没有这种题材，但是即便如此，那些人依旧对女性的困境不闻不问。做法有些偏激，但不极端又如何被看到呢？里面的路人也一样冷漠无情，为了娱乐流量，整个世界都如此没有人情味…
说是能说的得通，但就是觉得有点儿闹着玩儿似的
内容大于电影。在宣传上，印度电影逐渐有韩国电影那味儿了，敢于“自黑”。
【亮点】印度片拜托了跳舞之后，走逻辑推理的路真的是好棒棒的
How I feels
Since you‘ve started watching this film，
桑婆演得不错，故事后半段全线崩盘，落于俗套中。
新概念印度电影，标准的冲突情节剧结构，本土文化符号，印度社会现实的反思。电影作为集体意识的显示终端，女性视角突出，自觉成熟的女性主义表达，对新闻媒体的批判，个体自省。
中规中矩。受害者通过暴力行动推动高层正视体制问题，没什么新鲜事，节奏四平八稳。电影工作者的心肠滚烫，能提出问题也就尽责了。
“不只换来一场烛光游行”。至于吗？不至于吗？
以看似支离破碎的时间线穿插，逐步道出争相，桑德拉这回全程落魄，扮演负罪之人，被世人所不理解，甚至谩骂殴打，也调侃体制笑话，悲叹命运颠沛，简单的故事让导演的手法烘焙的更有看点，曲折乃至深刻，但本身文本回转欠缺，惊喜度大打折扣，只凭一己之力演技支撑，复仇那条线本来也很鸡勒，线里的出轨段落更狗血，总归，一切一切的一切，只为让血缘关系的重新交错，跋山涉水的努力靠近，只为结尾那一次轻轻的拥抱，熟悉又陌生，疏离又亲切，模糊的记忆瞬时清晰可见，牵盼的人就在一线之间，对角色最好不过的关照和慰藉，难能可贵的是，如此克制却又如此动人。★★★
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