StuartGordon,consideredamasterofthehorrorgenrethankstoclassicslikeReAnimatorandDagon,decidestodoadifferentmoveinthisstrangetriptohumanmorals
　　
　　"KingoftheAnts"isaboutaregularguy,SeanCrawleynewcomerChrisMcKenna,amanwithoutanyaspirationwhojustliveinhisapartmentdoingthenecessaryjobtolivetothenextdayInoneofhisjobshemeetsDukeGeargeWendt,whointroducesSeantohisboss,RayMatthewsplayedbyDanielBaldwinRayhiresSeanasaspy,andordershimtofollowEricGatlinRoyLivingstone,anaccountantwhohasbeeninvestigatingRay'scompanyProblemsstartwhenRay,whiledrunk,ordersSeantokillEricAndhedoesitThingsgowrongwhenRaydecidestomakeSeandisappeardestroyinghismindwithviolentpunishmentandhumiliation
　　
　　FromthepointwhereSeankillsEric,wegointhesameboatwithhim,ashegoesthroughadownwardspiralofhumandegradation,travelingfromguilt,toconfusionandfinallytohisrebirth,inastatewherehumanity,moralsandvaluesarenotimportantanymoreChrisMcKennaactingisveryimportantbecausehemanagestobelikableevenwhenheispartofgruesomeacts,bothasvictimand/orcriminalHehasthatlookofinnocencethathidesadarksideandhemanagestocarrythefilm
　　
　　ThesupportcastalsoincludesKariWuhrer,asEric'swidowwhoalsobecomesacentralpartofSean'striptohellShegivesafineperformance,althoughit'sobviousthatSeanisthemaincharacterHeisthemostdevelopedofallandMcKenna'sperformanceisuptothechallenge
　　
　　Thefilmhasverydisturbingimagesofviolence,andwhileitmaynotbeasgraphicas"KillBill"forexample,thestrengthoftheviolenceisinthelackofhumanitythatthecharactermanifestHeismorethananantinthisworldHeistheking
　　
　　StuartGordonhasmanagedtocreateafilmthat,whilemaybeit'snotoneofhisbestefforts;it'sverywelldone,hasaVERYinterestingstorytotell,andmanagestocapturetheattentioneverysecondofit