蚁王杀机

如果你对恐怖片的期待不止于廉价惊吓，Stuart Gordon在2003年执导的《蚁王杀机》会是一个惊喜。导演延续了《活跳尸》时期的脏乱美学，用大量近景和手持镜头把蚂蚁爬满皮肤、啃食伤口的细节拍得让人坐立不安，低成本反而让虐待感更真实。镜头始终贴着角色们的脏脸和逼仄空间，那种黏腻的窒息感会让人不自觉地挠胳膊。与同类昆虫恐怖片相比，它更狠：没有英雄救赎，只有被生活碾碎的小人物在道德泥潭里越陷越深。戈登特意避免了传统“英雄反击”的套路，反而让主角的“进化”过程充满了令人不适的妥协与自毁隐喻。丹尼尔·鲍德温演的Ray Mathews从普通工人一步步被蚂蚁“改造”成半人半虫的过程，没有英雄式的反抗，更多是无力又绝望的妥协，这种被动感让整部片子多了一层对人性脆弱的讽喻。

　　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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