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　　70年代，传奇人物吉米·邦兹尽职尽责地守护着一个居民区的安全。在他的蔽护下，小区内一片安宁祥和，人们对这位举止沉稳、相貌不凡的“守护神”尊崇备至。可是，邪恶无时无刻不在觊觎着这片净土。邦兹万万没有料到，与他最亲密的友人正打算在小区内大做毒品交易。由于拒绝同这伙人合作，邦兹遭到他们的背叛与杀害。
　　斗转星移，日月如梭。20多年后的今天，昔日的小区在犯罪和毒品的摧折下满目疮痍。在人们的记忆里，吉米·邦兹已成为一个令人敬畏的传奇人物和象征美好时代的神灵。他生前那所富丽堂皇的住宅——他的葬身之处——依然屹立，然而已空无一人、凋敝不堪。而且房子里经常闹鬼，那些贸然闯入的人们往往一去不回，再也没见他们出来。
　　也许是命中注定，背叛邦兹的朋友之一耶利米的儿子们雄心勃勃的回到小区，买下邦兹的那所哥特式建筑，打算开一家夜总会。然而，埋葬在地下室内的邦兹依然阴魂未散，多年来，这含冤之鬼一直盘踞在这座阴森、空阔的楼房里，寻找复仇的机会。兄弟俩对此一无所知，他们兴高采烈、迫不急待地搬进这所阴森的鬼屋，一心想着将它装修一新后开张大吉。
　　刚一跨进门槛，一连窜匪夷所思、令人毛骨悚然事件接踵而来。不久，这伙惊魂未定的年轻人才回过神来：吉米·邦兹的鬼魂正在追寻、报复那些背叛过他的人。
　　然而，邦兹阴魂的出动并非完全在于复仇，他依然念念不忘忠贞不渝的妻子珀尔以及他死后才出生的女儿辛西娅......

　　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.