为情所困的司机和冒牌维修工误接了一名退休的犯罪头目,财神传奇由此引发一场一场既欢乐又危险的改变人生之旅
为情所困的司机和冒牌维修工误接了一名退休的犯罪头目,财神传奇由此引发一场一场既欢乐又危险的改变人生之旅
回复 :1939年的德国,9岁的小女孩莉赛尔和弟弟被迫送往慕尼黑远郊的寄养家庭。6岁的弟弟不幸死在了路途中。在冷清的葬礼后,莉赛尔意外得到她的第一本书《掘墓人手册》。这将是14本给她带来无限安慰的书之一。她是个孤苦的孩子,父亲被打上了共产主义者的烙印,被纳粹带走了;母亲随后也失踪了。在弹奏手风琴的养父的帮助下,她学会了阅读。尽管生活艰苦,她却发现了一个比食物更难以抗拒的东西——书。她忍不住开始偷书。莉赛尔,这个被死神称为“偷书贼”的可怜女孩,在战乱的德国努力地生存着,并不可思议地帮助了周围同样承受苦难的人。
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.
回复 :The lives of two sisters change dramatically, since they were hypnotized by a mystical vinyl record from the 1970s.