看《蚁王杀机》那晚，我后背一直贴着椅背。影片没有依赖廉价惊吓，而是通过日常场景的异化——比如蚁群爬满墙壁的特写反复出现，将恐吓沉入心理层面。乔治·温德特饰演的杜克，凭借一种木然的、近乎呆滞的肢体语言，塑造出令人不安的平静感；丹尼尔·鲍德温则用紧绷的面部肌肉和突然爆发的嘶吼，呈现雷·马修斯在暴力与良知间的撕裂。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。导演Stuart Gordon把节奏压得很慢，镜头总喜欢停在角色脸上，让你跟着他一起咽口水、冒冷汗。与同类昆虫恐怖片相比，它更狠：没有英雄救赎，只有被生活碾碎的小人物在道德泥潭里越陷越深。

　　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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