在她记起前

　　A 17-year-old girl uncovers a shocking crime on social media and takes matters into her own hands - only to be pursued by a ruthless killer.

　　电影讲述了一个鲜为人知的故事。1933 年，一位野心勃勃的威尔士年轻记者加雷斯·琼斯（Gareth Jones）来到苏联旅行，发现了共产主义乌托邦神话后骇人听闻的现实。由此他开始进行一项常规新闻调查，但试图在政府掩盖下挖掘乌克兰饥荒的真相很快变成了生死攸关的探索。
　　他的努力不仅受到苏联审查机关的挫败，而且受到对斯大林政权抱有好感的西方记者的阻挠，这其中最有名的就是时任《纽约时报》莫斯科分部的总编辑沃特·杜兰蒂（Walter Duranty）。
　　在现实生活中，琼斯是第一个在西方媒体报道苏联 1932-1933 年大饥荒的记者。但由于很多知识分子对苏维埃政权持同情态度，他的报道并不受欢迎。当时隐瞒了大饥荒事实的杜兰蒂也在此后招致批评，他因对苏联的持续报道而获得的普利策奖也被《纽约时报》称为是“我们为之感到惭愧但可以做出解释”（Guilty With an Explanation）的一个奖项。

　　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.