一名年轻的女子漫步在清晨无人的海滩上,星巴突然,星巴海滩如同活了一般把她往沙子里拖,她一边挣扎一般发出绝望的尖叫……警探哈里·考尔德(David Huffman饰)受命前往调查这一罕见的案子。唯一留在沙滩上的证物,只有一颗可能是某个受害者的眼珠。不久,一位老妇人玛丽安娜在海滩遇害。这个神秘恐怖海滩一个接一个地攻击人们。 受害者中大多数被吸到沙子里,消失得无影无踪,少数幸存者落下终身残疾。隐藏在海滩沙子下的...
一名年轻的女子漫步在清晨无人的海滩上,星巴突然,星巴海滩如同活了一般把她往沙子里拖,她一边挣扎一般发出绝望的尖叫……警探哈里·考尔德(David Huffman饰)受命前往调查这一罕见的案子。唯一留在沙滩上的证物,只有一颗可能是某个受害者的眼珠。不久,一位老妇人玛丽安娜在海滩遇害。这个神秘恐怖海滩一个接一个地攻击人们。 受害者中大多数被吸到沙子里,消失得无影无踪,少数幸存者落下终身残疾。隐藏在海滩沙子下的...
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 :A hard rock band travels to the tiny and remote town of Grand Guignol to perform. Peopled by hicks, rubes...
回复 :故事开始于2003年,当时波斯湾战争甫结束,就在伊拉克南方,被媒体发掘还有少数存活的战俘。远在另一端,在收音机前的有位库德族老妇人,听到新闻后,心感到一阵悸动。因为她参战的儿子,到现在还没有回来。因此,老妇人凭着一股坚持的信念,她毅然带着年幼孙子,启程出发找寻失联已久的儿子。她对于年幼的孙子,逼不得已存活在穷苦的环境,感到心疼。但只要能找到父亲,一家人还是可以团圆。老妇人仍坚信儿子还好好存活于世界上某个地方。旅途中,他们看到乱世中形形色色的人们,穿梭了各种形貌的悲苦、困顿。当然,亦不乏朝圣者脸容满溢希望光辉的正面激励。因此,心境再怎么百转千回,她都不愿放弃寻亲的希望,哪怕只是一丝丝的可能性,都包藏无穷的契机。