喋血危情

　　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.

　　梦想成为插画家的纱织（井上真央 饰）有个死穴，那就是极其不擅长英语，看到英语就会头疼。中学时期的某次英语考试甚至考出了4分的成绩。纱织认为自己今后都将不会和英语发生任何关系，结果却遇上了来自美国的作家托尼（Jonathan Sherr 饰）。托尼非常痴迷于各种语言，对汉字之美一直很向往，机缘巧合来到了日本，结果遇上了插画家纱织。一段异国恋就此展开。在恋爱的过程中，因为二人来自不同的国家，想法上有很多不同，但这不是矛盾，反而成为了二人进一步了解彼此的方法。在姐姐（国仲凉子 饰）的婚礼上，已同居的二人考虑到了结婚。但这似乎是一个麻烦的问题……
　　本剧改编自小栗左多里的同名漫画，故事内容根据作者和其美籍爱人托尼的真实恋爱故事改编，充满动人的小情趣。

　　祺（任达华 饰）是一名职业扒手，这天出门前，家里飞来一只文雀，放生也不肯走，逗留昏暗屋内。祺与伙伴们午餐时问起自来雀的象征意义，伙伴说这是惹祸上身的前兆。当然，这是玩笑话。
　　祺带着兄弟四人在香港街头偷窃讨生活，四人共骑一辆自行车，歪歪扭扭，别有一番兄弟情趣。祺闲来爱拍摄街头风情，这日一名急匆匆跑过的女子甄珍妮（林熙蕾 饰）吸引了他的目光，他迅速拍下她的倩影。
　　无独有偶，他的另外三位兄弟，先后被同一位风情万种的女子缠绕，这女子总是步伐匆匆，但兄弟四人都着迷于此。直到他们被人狠狠教训。才明白珍妮是富商傅先生（卢海鹏 饰）的情妇，她想从傅先生那里取回自己的护照，过回自由的生活。
　　这四名兄弟，决定为她，冒险一回。不为什么原因。然而傅先生也是江湖老手，一场较量正在开始。

　　杰拉德扮演猎头专员Dane Jensen，他为家庭拼搏，经常忙到不可开交，即使过节也没法陪孩子。终于等到上司Ed Blackridge（威廉·达福扮演）宣布退休，Dane有望击败头号竞争对手接管公司。然而就在这时，他的十岁儿子却被诊断出患上血癌。突如其来的坏消息乱了阵脚。要追逐梦想，还是陪伴家人？他不得不做出选择。

　　爱尔兰裔的丹尼·格林（雷·史蒂文森 Ray Stevenson 饰）出身于柯林伍德东区，在这片黑手党控制的街区里，格林从小就不断尝试挑战西西里孩子们的权威。1960年，当时在克利夫兰湖区码头工作的格林用暴力掌控了码头装卸工工会，从此他和一班帮手半公开的盗窃货物，敲诈勒索。克利夫兰警方不得不将格林收押，终止了他日益发展的犯罪事业。出狱后的格林另谋出路，为了统一垃圾车业务他选择与黑手党合作。声名鹊起的格林不再骚扰普通人，反而乐善好施打抱不平，这令其赢得了“罗宾汉”的称号。然而格林与黑手党不久即因利益分配发生冲突，引发了一连串疯狂的炸弹袭击……