这样的爱

　　我以为我无所畏惧，
　　可当时我就在那里，
　　就站在她跟前，
　　无助地看着她死去。
　　———
　　乔布·潘迪
　　一次案件让乔长官的思绪回到从前，那时候他还不是警察，过着的是简单而温馨的生活，可这位黑帮大佬的出现，彻底扰乱了他的幸福生活......

　　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.

　　一个年轻的和一个即将结束演艺生涯的女演员，各自用各自的爱与虐待方式挑逗老导演，而导演的权利是可以支配她们是否还能在舞台上存在……

　　一位身无分文的同志演员和一位因生意失败而陷入困境的高层人物在一个冬夜相遇，并联手在伦敦各地寻找他们悲惨生活的意义，但当他们看似不可能的联系变成了更深层次的东西时，来自过去的恐惧和心魔开始危及他们的生活。