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　　委内瑞拉男星埃德加·拉米雷斯在片中出演著名的巴拿马拳手罗伯特·杜兰，而罗伯特德尼罗饰演他的训练师，同样很有名气的雷·阿赛尔。
　　上个世纪70年代，杜兰是拳击界最可怕的人物。野性的眼神、黑色的头发、凶恶的战斗作风，使得杜兰在轻量级比赛中是个让对方感到恐怖的人物。从1972 年到1979年，杜兰在拳坛上势不可挡。他在至少三个级别的比赛中获得过冠军。这位巴拿马拳手是世界上唯一一位跨越五个不同十年还在战斗的拳手。杜兰2002年退休时已经51岁了。本片围绕杜兰与另外一位著名拳手舒格·雷·伦纳德（Sugar Ray Leonard）的一场传奇之战展开。1980年11月25日，这两位拳手在路易斯安那州第二次相逢，而在此7个月前两人的第一次比赛中，杜兰险胜伦纳德，尽管那场比赛很悬，但是场外裁判一致判定杜兰胜出。在第二场对峙中，本来结局会大不一样，但是杜兰在第八轮比赛中队裁判说出“放弃”，让伦纳德获得了本场比赛的胜利。从此，杜兰在本土成为最不受欢迎的拳手，此后他花了很多年时间来重建自己的声誉。

　　芬利·屈里曼，一个小镇上的农家女孩，渴望展翅高飞，成为一个有抱负的表演者。当好莱坞的一个摄制组来到她沉睡的小镇时，她决心在影片中扮演一个角色，并吸引了英俊的男主角杰克逊·斯通的注意。不幸的是，糟糕的试镜迫使她改变了方向。现在，伪装成牛仔“哈克”，芬利终于得到了她的大突破。但她能对所有人，包括她邪恶的继母和狡猾的继兄弟姐妹，

　　报社记者郭建波、母亲纪明岚与女儿郭婉婷同住在一个屋檐下，祖孙三代因亲情关系捆绑在一起的生活，看似平静实则暗潮涌动。记者郭建波在报导社会负面事件的同时，也在揭开自己身上的伤疤；母亲纪明岚在外为人热情，受人爱戴，但是回到家却判若两人；女儿郭婉婷小小年纪就学会了成人世界里的种种生存法则。一次次的叛逆与反抗都在隐忍中归于平静，一场悄无声息的战争在三代人之间暗自滋生，终将爆发……

　　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.