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美丽的女孩素妍（朴敏英 饰）多年来一直为幽闭恐惧症所困扰，只要待在密闭的空间里，她就会感受到莫大的压抑与恐怖。好在可爱顽皮的小动物抚慰了她脆弱的心灵，如今的素妍在一家宠物店担任动物化妆师，生活平淡而快乐。但是她的生活很快被一场意外所打破，她的一名客人在离开不久后便死在电梯内，素妍只得暂时帮她照料宠物猫小布。也就从这一刻起，她经常能够看到面容阴森、无处不在的短发小女孩。她的精神几近崩溃，而怪事却愈演愈烈，最终连她的好朋友宝姬也无端惨死。 　　素妍隐约感到迄今所发生的一切恐怖事件，都与神秘的小布有关……

　　经验丰富的录音师山姆?埃文斯前往一片与世隔绝的森林想要录制远离喧嚣的各种声音。随着山姆不断深入森林，他的麦克风捕捉到了一种在独自身处森林时谁都不愿听到的声音。

　　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.