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　　早已功成名就的女性神秘小说家莎拉•莫顿（Charlotte Rampling 夏洛特•汉普林 饰）却为新作烦恼不已，在出版商约翰•布兰德（Charles Dance 查理士•当斯 饰）的建议下，她来到约翰的家乡别墅，一面休养，一面寻找灵感。乡间的悠哉生活使莎拉从久居伦敦的疲惫中解脱出来，尽情享受着难得的休闲时光。
　　某晚，自称约翰女儿的茱莉（Ludivine Sagnier 卢蒂文•萨尼埃 饰）不宣而至，茱莉开朗、张扬、放荡，与古板莎拉格格不入。莎拉的创作计划被打乱，而一丝不祥的气息也悄然弥漫开来……
　　本片荣获2003年欧洲电影界最佳女主角奖（夏洛特•汉普林）、2003年曼谷国际电影节最佳影片奖。

　　布莱恩·哈曼尼是一个银行经理，他有两个难题：他是亚特兰大城一个天生的赌徒，另一方面他的银行经理职务又给了他可以支配20亿美元的特权。当他的赌债日益增加后，他发掘了一项创造性的计划，即让银行和赌业互相利用玩弄，但即使这项计划成功，他能从中脱身吗？

　　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.