七秒钟

　　故事发生在1845年的英国，安妮（查利·墨菲 Charlie Murphy 饰）、夏洛特（菲恩·阿特金斯 Finn Atkins 饰）和艾米丽（克洛伊·皮里 Chloe Pirrie 饰）三姐妹和他们年迈的老父亲一起过着相依为命的生活。弟弟布兰威尔（亚当·纳盖提斯 Adam Nagaitis 饰）的屡屡骚扰让这家人本就贫困的生活雪上加霜。
　　三姐妹都知道，如果父亲死了，她们或许就要失去赖以生存的房子，流落街头，为了避免这一事态的发生，她们用各自的方法努力着。三姐妹天生善于幻想，热爱写作，可是当时的文坛是不可能发表女性作家所写的作品的。于是，她们使用了男性的笔名写作投稿，并且最终获得了成功。

　　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.