第二次世界大战末期．医学系研究生胜吕服兵役前在病房和研究室做医学研究，他目睹了医学部内部由于争权夺势而导致患者死亡的事故，以及为掩盖事故真相设置的医疗骗局，粉碎了胜吕对未来的憧憬。当时正值太平洋战争末期，医学部迫于压力，同意与日本军方合作，对被俘的八名美军飞行员进行生理解剖，心灰意冷的胜吕与好友户田被征召入伍做助手。当时，研究人的肺部切除多少，仍能生存，心脏停止跳动多久后还能重新起博，这对战时医疗是一个重大的疑难课题。因此第一位美军俘虏成了活的试验品，被折磨了一小时二十分钟后死去。手术时，残忍的日本军官不停地开玩笑、拍照，竟将俘虏的肝脏摆在桌上饮酒狂欢，参与手术的户田受到了良心的谴责后十分痛苦，而胜吕仍旧沉浸在恐惧中，独自徘徊。
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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.
回复 :The story of Yeon-Hee who appears to be having a happily married life but is actually experiencing domestic violence. Little by little, Yeon-Hee begins to fall into danger after her SNS account was hacked.
回复 :Three adult siblings go examine their late parents' house in the middle of the forest.
