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.
后面案件有人死了我和我妈马上就知道凶手是谁。。。
电影画面过于美，美得不像二十世纪初，不知道的还以为是2022年。还有好莱坞为了政治正确加了好几个黑人角色，又要诅咒波洛冷血无情没人爱，当场气死我了！电院看完回来怒看78年版和阳光下的罪恶。
6.5/10.
五颗星是为了鼓励本土的动作片。继续努力！！！
依旧是群戏，东方快车波洛是大把胡须，这部里就没胡子了。开篇黑白片说一战，逝去的世界和旧时繁华，没看过原著，服化道还行吧。
⒉不过本片也存在巨大的漏洞，就是亡命之徒，竟然能够威胁到商业巨头，这一点实在有些说不通，毕竟我国的国情都知道，而且感觉这反派智商实在不高，尤其是老三，要是聪明的话都不会这样鲁莽行动了，另外这片名起的太土了，要是换一个，估计成绩还能好点，然后建议爱艺奇，这片可以系列化了！
好片，好久没有看见动作戏这么凌厉的片子了，还是个个网大，鼓励一下
确实没什么好看的，一来翻拍经典就是冒险的，何况是悬疑推理片，已经没有悬念可言；二来，通过布光就看出大部分镜头是室内拍摄，再合成户外景色，打折扣。而且很多服化道都出现历史错误；三来，表演也是没什么亮点，虽然明星阵容还可以，但缺少灵性。
这个狭小空间格斗动作设计和摄影调度比怒火重案那种浮夸风格好，就是网大通病剧本弱、预算少、服化道简陋，故事格局也有待提升。还有谢苗这样拥有一身真功夫的男演员值得更好的制作，而不该一直在网大里打滚，国产类型片探索前路漫漫，光靠吴京一个人怕是不行滴！
看过旧版也看过书，但印象真的不深了，一边看着一边回忆起来。虽然侦查过程确实弱了，波洛的性格形象也被大大改动，但是拍得太美了，整个色调与构图美得让我毫无抵抗力。
有些地方欠火候，但好喜欢看到谢苗的打戏啊～
能有个动作片看不容易，还有些弱智装逼给低分。觉得故事过于简单粗糙是不知道咱这块拍个警匪片多难，剧情要精彩，就得一波三折，你来我往。但警察不但形象要正面，而且还不能遭遇失败，警方介入之后事件就不能继续恶化。所以反派只能一开始很牛逼，然后只能一直挨打。
也不能说有多烂，但确实很平庸，现在5,8分的构成，果然接近60%打出的都是中规中矩的三颗星。聚集一众演员，最后就是个名侦探柯南的剧场版，只能说这类经典推理题材，翻拍真不如编新的故事，出力不讨好。唯一惊艳的不是盖尔加朵，反而是饰演女二的艾玛·麦基，好像小丑女玛格特·罗比，总是出戏，以为下一秒就要为爱变身了。
4.鸟爱情里掺了太多政治倾向，同性之情，种族之类，使得此片再次一等。
原本以为开头的那段是想告诉大家波洛其实心思细腻能够共情爱情 后来发现不是 只是想告诉我们这剧里的波洛单纯有病罢了（
谋财害命的路上容不得名声在外的大侦探，下次一定注意
节奏真的没有一丝悬疑的氛围感。家访阶段就很让人迷离。神奇女侠就很emmmmmm，全片总结就是风景挺好看的
其他缺点我都懒得说，2022年我希望拍悬疑片能有那种用故事营造每个人都有可能是凶手的基本诚意
没看过原著 第二声、第三声枪声没有想明白 虚拟背景实看着过于假 人物脸上打光不对劲就露陷了
人物、台词都蛮生动，最后公交车打戏确实精彩。
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