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A young drifter discovers his true calling when he's hired by a mobster to stalk and kill a prominent accountant, and then decides to seek revenge when the stingy thugs try to kill him rather than pay him. full summary | full synopsisNewsDesk:
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Craven explains 25/8 title; Masters Of Horror festival; etc. (From Fangoria. 23 April 2009, 8:57 AM, PDT)
King of the Ants
(From LateFilmFull. 4 March 2009, 7:03 AM, PST)
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(Cast overview, first billed only)| Chris McKenna | ... | Sean Crawley (as Chris L. McKenna) | |
| Kari Wuhrer | ... | Susan Gatley | |
| George Wendt | ... | Duke Wayne | |
| Vernon Wells | ... | Beckett | |
| Lionel Mark Smith | ... | Carl | |
| Timm Sharp | ... | George | |
| Daniel Baldwin | ... | Ray Mathews | |
| Carissa Kosta | ... | Maureen (as Carissa Koutantzis) | |
| Briana Beghi | ... | Maureen's Daughter | |
| Carlie Westerman | ... | Catlin Gatley | |
| Ian Patrick Williams | ... | Tony | |
| Antoine Joseph | ... | Drooling Idiot | |
| Shuko Akune | ... | Meade Park | |
| Steve Heller | ... | Gary (as Steven Heller) | |
| Ken 'Bam Bam' Johnson Jr. | ... | Apartment Kid |
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Rated R for strong violence and sexuality, nudity and language.Parents Guide:
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Germany:18 (SPIO/JK) | Argentina:16 | Canada:16+ (Quebec) | Canada:R (Ontario) | Finland:K-15 | USA:R | Netherlands:16 | Germany:BPjM RestrictedFilming Locations:
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This movie is written by Charlie Higson, who has before this done the "legendary" Fast Show and his own show based on one of Fast Show's characters (Tony the car sales man). He's also written James Bond books for kids.
Actually I've seen before this only Gordon's movies that are based on Lovecraft's stories, and every one of those is marvelous. Here Gordon tries to do something different. The style is totally "contemporary", which means shaky camera, fast and strange cutting, cool chillout music in the background. It works quite well here, I guess, but it's still pointless and cheap. It makes me often think of the cameraman who's shaking his dv-camera in front of the actors/actresses and try to make stylish moves in the pictures (hoping that something tolerable would come out of it). The casting is good, and there is a whole atmosphere, which is the result of good directing. I think the main character, the "zero" young guy, is quite interesting in his "zeroness". The fat guy is also good. And the guy who looks like Alec Baldwin, but is not him. But pretty soon after the beginning the movie turns out to be something not-so-interesting: In this case I mean an endless line of scenes of sadism and sickness. There is not much humanity in this film/story: It's totally pessimistic, and every person in this movie is disgusting and hopeless, or soon dead. Needless to say that there is no humor either. It's a 1'40 long vomit without no relief in any moment. Anyway, Gordon remains to me one of the most interesting movie makers that are active today, and I think of this movie as an experiment, and as a failure in that. Everyone has to experience getting lost sometimes, just to learn and to find their way again. This might be Gordon's most uninteresting and empty work.