去大公司面试成功的Jen(凯瑟琳·帕金森 Katherine Parkinson 饰)以为自己中了头彩,结果却被分配到了地下层的IT部门。部门里只有2个人,Moss(理查德·艾欧阿德 Richard Ayoade 饰)和Roy(克里斯·奥多德 Chris O'Dowd 饰),2个电脑方面的专家,生活常识类的怪人。对电脑一窍不通的Jen强装出一副精通的样子,惹出了不少笑话。
Jen和IT怪人二人组意外的很合拍,总会把一些本来很平常的事情,弄得一发不可收拾,让人哭笑不得。而公司的老板(克里斯多夫·莫利斯 Christopher Morris 饰)也会时不时的出现,和他们一起上演让人捧腹大笑的故事。别具一番风味的英式幽默故事在IT部门上演。
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.