阿拉贝拉的绑架

　　天才科学家莉莲和迈克尔发明了一种能够记录和回放他人的实际经历的系统。进入这个系统意味着你能够知道他人在想什么和做什么，甚至重复这种经验。于是，有人开始利用它进行一些匪夷所思的活动，甚至连政府也利用它来获得军事上的秘密。然而事情还不仅于此。有人开始离奇地死去。迈克尔知道，要想遏止这种失控的局势，必须进入这种系统中改变进行的状态，这使他面临死亡的威胁。迈克尔能否经艰苦的努力粉碎阴谋者的企图呢……

　　10年前的一个夏夜，警官袁文山（冯绍峰 饰）接到一起抢劫杀人案，在逐渐深入的调查过程中，当晚在场的嫌疑人们逐一浮出水面，然而案情的真相远非表面那般简单，三案并行，一场利益和正义的较量愈演愈烈，卷入其中的人们都是所图为何？究竟是情法之争，还是欲望驱使？在案件稍有眉目之时，袁文山却发现了一个被自己忽略的重要线索……

　　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.

　　巴黎珠宝展览一个晚上被几名匪徒打劫，未有破案，数年后在一个高档住宅发现一个中风坐轮椅老人，警方最后在此住宅内，将一干犯人都扣回警署去问话。 令他们想不到的是这起抢劫案背后竟窝藏着一个巨大的黄色集团……

　　1898年，银矿工丹尼尔·普莱恩惟尤（丹尼尔·戴·刘易斯 Daniel Day Lewis 饰）因井下作业事故摔断了腿，但他因祸得福了解到秘密的石油信息。他利用领养的孤儿HW（狄龙·弗雷泽尔 Dillon Freasier 饰）欺骗乡民赢得了石油地盘，从此飞黄腾达。但是， 成为 石油大亨的他并不快乐，在一次意外事故中H.W不幸失聪， HW对他的怨恨与日俱增，他唯一认亲的兄弟居然也是冒牌货。传教士伊莱·桑迪不过是个借宗教蛊惑人心的小人。在一次采矿事故中，丹尼尔的工人不幸丧生。正当他希望伊莱（保罗·达诺 Paul Dano 饰）施以援手时，对方羞辱了他，两人从此开始明争暗斗……