无辜的罪犯

　　著名导演，暴力宗师北野武（北野武 饰）突然厌倦以往拍摄的黑帮电影，宣布再也不拍黑帮片，涉猎其他的题材。
　　北野武开始尝试各种影片。他拍摄了小津安二郎风格的亲情片、催人泪下的爱情片、反映50年代社会风貌的怀旧片、恐怖片、忍者片、科幻片等十多部电影，都因为不同的原因而失败，他的导演生涯因此遭遇到瓶颈，需要反思。

　　《纽约客》杂志首次向奥斯卡奖获奖导演马歇尔·柯里敞开办公室大门，在媒体发展的关键时刻，以前所未有的方式让读者得以一窥其新闻编辑室，为观众提供了一个难得的视角，展示了《纽约客》如何经历百年风雨，出版勇敢无畏的新闻报道、定义时代的小说和令人难忘的漫画。

　　新宿黑帮泽田一家总长•泽田忍（山城新伍 饰）在饭店遭杀手（三池崇史 饰）袭击，被店内小工石松陆夫（岸谷五朗 饰）救下。自此，刚满20岁、名不见经传的小人物石松平步青云，与黑帮老大泽田结为兄弟，在组织内享有极高声望。
　　石松奉命刺杀老大的仇人，最终获罪入狱服刑5年，在狱中结识义友会干部今村幸三（美木良介 饰），结为兄弟。5年时间，泡沫经济令黑帮的生活也举步维艰。出狱后的石松请求泽田给他的妻子志惠子（有森也实 饰）一家夜店，然二人发生误会，石松枪伤泽田，犯下黑社会的大忌，从此开始了黑暗的毁灭之路……

　　年近七十的本（罗伯特·德尼罗 Robert De Niro 饰）曾经是一位精明强干，事业有成的商人，最终，他还是和大部分老年人一样开始了平淡的退休生活。本对忙碌而又充实的过去无比怀念，孤独与内心里蠢蠢欲动的渴望让他做出了重回职场的决定，成为了年轻的朱尔斯（安妮·海瑟薇 Anne Hathaway 饰）手下的一名小小员工。
　　朱利安年纪虽轻却是一家著名时尚购物网站的创办人，为了事业，她牺牲了自己全部的业余时间和感情生活，这份事业带给了朱利安荣耀，却也成为了她肩上沉重的负担，更糟的是，公司董事会已经开始怀疑，朱利安是否能够胜任她目前的职位了。起初，朱利安并没有将年迈又落伍的本放在眼里，然而，随着时间的推移，这位慈祥的长者渐渐成为了她生活中最真挚的友人。

　　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.