如果你是B级恐怖片爱好者，Stuart Gordon在2003年执导的《蚁王杀机》值得你花时间细品。剧情推动全靠角色间的信任崩坏，没有廉价反转，蚂蚁的象征（社会性、吞噬、秩序）被低调植入每一场冲突。剧情不玩花活——蚂蚁像训练有素的军队一样分进合击，每一波攻击都透着老派B级片“给你看真的”那股实诚劲儿。当故事转向集体意识与道德审判时，Gordon用几场刻意留白的屠杀戏告诉你：最恐怖的从来不是蚂蚁本身，而是人在绝境中自愿放弃人性的那一刻。戈登延续了他在《活魔人》里对身体恐怖与社会讽刺的混搭偏好，这一次将镜头对准一个被生活压垮的蓝领工人（乔治·温迪特 饰），他被卷入一桩荒唐的谋杀委托，却在蚁群反复的侵蚀中逐渐异化成非人的存在。Daniel Baldwin把雷·马修斯演成一个在良知和暴力之间割裂的普通人，他注视蚂蚁爬上自己手臂时的瞳孔震颤，比任何尖叫都更有穿透力。

　　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.

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