尼古拉斯•尼克贝（查理•汉纳姆 饰）的父亲死后，哈德海德家中失去经济支柱。他与母亲、哈德海德妹妹便到了伦敦想要投靠伯父拉尔夫，拉尔夫是个惟利是图的人，他只想从尼古拉斯身上得到最多的得意。于是尼古拉斯被送到伯父好友沃克弗德（吉姆•布劳德本特 饰），但所谓的学校里面的孩子都遭沃克弗德夫妻虐待。尼古拉斯愤怒之下，教训了沃克弗德后便带着最可怜的史迈克(杰米•贝尔 饰)离开了。路上他们得到过好心人帮助。得知妹妹凯特因伯父的关系险被破坏名声，尼古拉斯回到伦敦后与伯父断绝了关系。幸运的是他得到了采瑞博兄弟的赏识，得到了收入不菲的工作。而不幸的是相处已久的史迈克因病逝世。拉尔夫不甘被反抗，暗地里想办法打垮尼古拉斯，但拉尔夫的助手正义的站到了尼古拉斯那边，向他通风报信。尼古拉斯对美丽的玛德琳（安妮•海瑟薇 饰）一见钟情，拉尔夫又想从中破坏他们之间的关系。这时拉尔夫正面临破产，而且从尼古拉斯口中得知了一个多年的秘密……
回复 :模范犯人弗兰克•莱昂尼（西尔维斯特•史泰龙 Sylvester Stallone 饰）的刑期还剩半年，他定期可以外出与女友见面，这个昔日的修车技师看中了一处仓库作为日后的修理部，平凡的生活在等待着他。然而某天他突然被转移到环境恶劣的盖特威监狱，全因五年前他为了见师父兼养父的最后一面，从监狱长庄古（唐纳德•萨瑟兰 Donald Sutherland 饰）的治下逃脱。弗兰克越狱成功成为英雄，而庄古却遭受处罚怀恨在心。现在，庄古将弗兰克重新掌握，寻机报仇。弗兰克遭到了庄古及手下的恶劣对待，但始终隐忍，并且渐渐在监狱中结交了几个朋友，包括始终想越狱的囚房万事通、瘦弱年轻的“杀手”和狱中修理厂的负责人，枯燥的生活有了好转，但是庄古始终默默注视着他，准备给他更大的痛苦……
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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.