剧情介绍:

　　StuartGordon,consideredamasterofthehorrorgenrethankstoclassicslikeRe-AnimatorandDagon,decidestodoadifferentmoveinthisstrangetriptohumanmoralseee
　　
　　"KingoftheAnts"isaboutaregularguy,SeanCrawley(newcomerChrisMcKenna),amanwithoutanyaspirationwhojustliveinhisapartmentdoingthenecessaryjobtolivetothenextday.InoneofhisjobshemeetsDuke(GeargeWendt),whointroducesSeantohisboss,RayMatthews(playedbyDanielBaldwin).RayhiresSeanasaspy,andordershimtofollowEricGatlin(RoyLivingstone),anaccountantwhohasbeeninvestigatingRay'scompany.ProblemsstartwhenRay,whiledrunk,ordersSeantokillEric.Andhedoesit.ThingsgowrongwhenRaydecidestomakeSeandisappeardestroyinghismindwithviolentpunishmentandhumiliation.
　　
　　FromthepointwhereSeankillsEric,wegointhesameboatwithhim,ashegoesthroughadownwardspiralofhumandegradation,travelingfromguilt,toconfusionandfinallytohisrebirth,inastatewherehumanity,moralsandvaluesarenotimportantanymore.ChrisMcKennaactingisveryimportantbecausehemanagestobelikableevenwhenheispartofgruesomeacts,bothasvictimand/orcriminal.Hehasthatlookofinnocencethathidesadarksideandhemanagestocarrythefilm.
　　
　　ThesupportcastalsoincludesKariWuhrer,asEric'swidowwhoalsobecomesacentralpartofSean'striptohell.Shegivesafineperformance,althoughit'sobviousthatSeanisthemaincharacter.HeisthemostdevelopedofallandMcKenna'sperformanceisuptothechallenge.
　　
　　Thefilmhasverydisturbingimagesofviolence,andwhileitmaynotbeasgraphicas"KillBill"forexample,thestrengthoftheviolenceisinthelackofhumanitythatthecharactermanifest.Heismorethananantinthisworld.Heistheking.
　　
　　StuartGordonhasmanagedtocreateafilmthat,whilemaybeit'snotoneofhisbestefforts;it'sverywelldone,hasaVERYinterestingstorytotell,andmanagestocapturetheattentioneverysecondofit.