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 改编自作家谈歌的小说《大厂》。西安电影制品厂出品。 故事发生在中国国有大中型企业改制过程中。局机关的年轻干部吕建国来到了长城重型机械厂，当上了连工资也没有保障的厂长。刚到工厂时,他决心不让一个工人下岗,但随着形势的发展,他发现国有企业的真正结症正是人浮于事。于是他下决心先裁人，为此他遇到了很大的阻力……然而，在他的耐心劝说下，通情达理的工人们还是自愿牺牲，支持改革……由此，一场革命真的开始了。 影片以我国大中型企业改革这一伟大的历史进程为背景，通过长城重机厂厂长吕建国在"救厂"过程中内心情感、价值观的转变，真实地塑造了一个为使企业走出困境，殚精竭虑，呕心沥血的企业好干部形象。

　　1947年，国民党反动派对我山东解放区实行重点进攻，我根据地遭到很大的破坏。方征奉地委指示经过五龙镇等地前往敌占区烽火山，组织新县委，领导群众坚持武装斗争。敌保安大队长孟复堂伙同敌五龙镇留守处处长贾虎，从叛徒那里得知了这一重要情报，奉命缉拿方征。护送方征的女交通员六年就曾搭救过方征，为此她失去了自己的女儿。在女交通员的巧计安排下，他们顺利地闯过了白云关。孟复堂闻此讯，授意范国祥和朱喜才，设下新的圈套。当女交通员来到中药铺，发现接头人是范国祥，她机智地骗过了叛徒，化险为夷。与此同时，蒋军连长朱喜才化装摸到凤仙家，正要逮捕方征时，我县委派出寻找方征的武工队高队长及时赶到，打死了朱喜才。在河边，方征等人与叛徒范国祥遭遇，经过一场激烈的搏斗，范国祥和特务被打死，但却引来了孟复堂和贾虎带领的匪兵。紧急关头，女交通员把方征等人送上了船，自己拉响手榴弹与敌人同归于尽。脱险后的方征始才得知，这位连姓名也没留下的女交通员正是当年的救命恩人。

　　“People have a tendency to move on,” says Lynsey Addario. “It’s my job to get people to continue paying attention.” Love+War profiles the Pulitzer Prize–winning photojournalist as she risks her life for that mission. We follow her on several trips to Ukraine in recent years and trace her past two decades in the war zones of Afghanistan, Iraq, Sierra Leone, and Libya — where she was kidnapped by Muammar Gaddafi’s troops — among others.

　　秦奋（葛优 饰）与梁笑笑（舒淇 饰），老狐狸与比目鱼，爱情故事万千，取其一对展开。两人结婚十年，梁笑笑找到心之所向，开始四海为家。
　　一别之后，两地相悬。以为是三四月，又谁知五六七八九十年。
　　好友老范（范伟 饰），见其思念难解，忧其岁月蹉跎，故赠予一仿生智能人（舒淇 饰），模样若笑笑，伴其左右。
　　岁月时而静好，时而吵闹，时而苦中有笑，智能人也日渐有了曾经佳人的味道。本是良辰美景，故事突发变故，又一笑笑开锁入门，一笑笑莞尔一笑，一笑笑笑里藏刀，一切如梦如幻，如真似假。秦奋射出的箭，如今正中自己的靶心。谁去谁留？且在跨年揭晓。

　　习武大成的宏伟刚刚回到老家，就被成为混混的发小佬桑将未婚妻绑架，逼着他去参加拳赛赚钱，决赛中故意被佬桑打败，让其赚取高额赔率。宏伟被佬桑暗下黑手打成内伤，未婚妻马霖推着他四处求医，医院的治疗后又找师姑南飞燕治好后，宏伟的伤势基本痊愈。此时外国密谋组织针对华夏的青年武道大赛，伤愈的宏伟奉命参赛。当宏伟一路高歌，顺利进入半决赛，发现对手是改练国外格斗技的佬桑。宏伟拼着受伤击败佬桑，却暴露了快腿不完善的弱点。因为弱点被透析，总决赛中宏伟被日本人伊势明打的节节败退，危急关头悔悟的佬桑突然冲入场中护住宏伟，被打的濒临死亡。此时宏伟悲愤交加，终于感悟快腿最后一式，将伊势明打败。

　　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.