暗夜逃亡

　　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.

　　亚发（阿牛 饰）从小就失去了父母，由善良的外公一手拉扯长大，患有自闭症的他虽然异于常人，却拥有着极快的手速和灵敏的嗅觉。建平（郑靖辰 饰）、琳琳（练倩卉 饰）和吉瑞米（李荣峻 饰）是亚发的好友，一群人在一起度过了一段无忧无虑的时光。然而，亚发最终还是要走上社会的，为此，外公拜托朋友给亚发找了一份工作。
　　刚刚进入职场，毫无社会经验的亚发尝到了人生的辛酸和苦闷，但天性乐观开朗的他凭借着努力和勇气，渐渐获得了周遭的认可和肯定。就在亚发的事业一路顺风顺水之时，他却得到了外公病倒的消息，巨额的医疗费近在眼前，亚发决定靠行动守护外公。

　　河南省的某生产队为发展生产，决定去外地买牛。在旧社会当过牛贩子的侯克烦，一看有机可乘，就到队长李云山面前吹嘘自己是内行，有经验。骗得了云山的信任，被派去买牛。这件事遭到云山妻子、生产队会计刘玉英的坚决反对，两口子因此发生了争执。尽管玉英娘向云山介绍了侯克烦当牛贩子时损人利己的种种情况，但云山仍然麻痹大意，认为这么大的事，侯不敢搞鬼。正在这时，侯女婿大水赶来揭发了侯用买牛的路费搞投机倒把的事实。同时，刘大娘拿来了侯克烦贩卖的草帽。在人证物证之下，云山这才恍然大悟，认识到自己没有坚决贯彻党的阶级路线、依靠贫下中农的重大错误。

　　在停电期间，两个陌生人讲恐怖的故事。弗雷德（Fred）和范妮（Fanny）对故事的投入越多，他们在Catskills小屋中的故事就越生动。当弗雷德面对他的终极恐惧时，现实的恐惧就显现了。

　　故事发生在车水马龙的大都市上海，红美丽（邬君梅 饰）有一个幸福的家庭，但这个家庭在一场意外之后开始分崩离析。红美丽知道，丈夫的死并非意外，而是被奸人所害，愤怒和痛苦之中，一个手无寸铁事事逆来顺受的弱女子决定复仇。
　　在他人的帮助之下，红美丽得到了手枪亦找到了凶手，她冷酷的扣动了扳机，也亲手拨动了命运的齿轮。令红美丽没有想到的是，自己的举动让儿子陷入了险境之中，为了保护儿子，她不得不再次举起枪。红美丽决定回归平静的生活，之后，一个名为麦克（理查德·布基 Richard Burgi 饰）的男人出现在了她的身边。麦克的英俊和温柔抚慰了红美丽疲惫的内心，但随后，她却发现，麦克的出现绝非偶然。