故事发生在1944年的波兰，春暖德军的铁蹄踏上了这片苦难的土地，春暖一时间，生灵涂炭，此处成为了人间地狱。身为犹太男孩，雅各布（罗宾·威廉斯 Robin Williams 饰）和许多与他一样的男孩们被迫被德军做牛做马，所有的信息渠道被军队封锁，波兰成为了一座孤城。一次偶然中，雅各布从收音机中听到了德军正在与苏军激战的消息，战斗地点不在别处，就在离波兰只有几百公里的本沙尼克。士气高昂的雅各布决定将这条珍贵的消息告诉更多的人，在雅各布的添油加醋之下，盟军苏联已然在争斗中获得了不可逆转的优势。这条虚假信息振奋了犹太人的士气，却也传到了德军的耳中，他们开始了缜密的调查，势要抓到造谣生事的始作俑者。
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回复 :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.
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回复 :艾利克斯在和同伴偷渡时，同伴不幸遭遇意外事故沉水身亡，最终他只得一人到达巴黎。在经历了法国外籍兵团严酷的训练和选拔之后，他终于被选中，成为了兵团的一位士兵，也因此获得了五年的居留许可，成为了临时意义上的“法国公民”。然而，在一次执行任务过程中，他亲眼目睹军队的暴行如何对尼日利亚地区的残忍剥削和对当地居民令人发指的行径，他的内心也开始不安，心怀愧疚之时，他在迪厅偶遇了任务中的幸存者的妹妹。同样身为外来移民的他，难以忍受内心的煎熬与困扰，并最终做出了遵循自己的良知的选择。
