生门2017

　　为了赚钱谋生，一个18岁的高中辍学生和他27岁的好朋友横跨加拿大边境贩卖大麻等毒品，而他们的生活也因此被永远改变了。在充斥着金钱、毒品、犯罪...的生活之中，他们最终该何去何从呢？

　　真人真事改编，描述在加拿大美丽的大西洋省份新斯科舍省（Nova Scotia），一位患有关节炎的民间艺术家莫娣·刘易斯(Maud Lewis)，对艺术不懈的追求，与她的丈夫相识，并以艺术、贩卖作品为生的励志生活。

　　Ren is on the hunt for romance, but in a world of tinder and zero commitment, getting lucky has never been harder. Full of relateable misadventures, MIXED MESSAGES is a frank, witty and cringe-worthy tale of looking for love in all the wrong places. From speed-dating, to meditation and even a kinky workshop, each unsuccessful liaison leads to her asking the ultimate question: is it me or them?

　　小恶魔"彼特·丁拉基将出演一部动作惊悚片《The Thicket》，并在其中饰演一位身手不凡同时狡猾无比的赏金猎人。《七宗罪》和《斯巴达三百勇士》的制片吉安尼·努纳利将负责此片制片工作。影片改编自乔·兰斯代尔的小说，故事背景设置在20世纪初，一位年轻的小伙子为了解救被暴力杀人狂所绑架的妹妹而四处奔走，最后找到一位名叫“Shorty”的狡猾赏金猎人，一名盗墓为生的酒鬼和一个深谙处世之道的妓女来帮助他寻找妹妹。彼特·丁拉基将饰演那位赏金猎人，对此吉安尼·努纳利表示：“丁拉基天才般的演技能把乔原著中的阴暗视角还原得非常生动，他来饰演Shorty这一角色，是圆了我的梦！”

　　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.