亚历克斯（卢克·威尔逊 Luke Wilson 饰）是一个失败的作家，由于负债累累，追债人在教训了他一顿后砸掉了他用以谋生的电脑，并且警告他，如果不能在一个月内还清债务，他的性命将面临危险。好在亚历克斯的脑中已经有了一个他自认为精妙的构思，无奈没有了电脑，他只得雇佣了速记员艾玛（凯特·哈德森 Kate Hudson 饰）协助他完成创作。
　　没想到艾玛竟然是个个性固执的女人，对于亚历克斯的叙述，她总是会提出这样或是那样的反对意见，让亚历克斯抓狂的是，艾玛所提出的构思似乎才是正确和有趣的。就这样，在矛盾和争吵之中，亚历克斯的小说创作还算顺利的进行着，眼看着大限将到，他能够顺利完成吗？

　　杜威•费恩（Jack Black 杰克•布莱克 饰）是一名已过而立之年，却仍在为理想打拼的摇滚音乐人。他不屑于那种粗制滥造、充满向商业谄媚味道的虚伪乐曲，一心追逐真情实感的纯粹摇滚乐。为此，他和无数支乐队分道扬镳，至今事业无成，还面临被房东赶出去的窘境。
　　杜威的男房东兼老友内德•斯尼勃利（Mike White 麦克•怀特 饰）此前曾是狂热躁动的死亡摇滚乐手，如今摇身一变成为了居家好男人以及代课老师。杜威闲赋家中时，偶然接到一通来自某中学的招聘电话，对方邀请内德迅速来学校代课。穷极无聊兼为生计所迫的杜威偷梁换柱，以内德的身份进入这所校风极为严谨的名门中学教学。学生们的死气沉沉一度让他倍感无聊，某天，杜威无意中发现孩子们的音乐天赋。于是，他瞒天过海，带领这群只知道读书的孩子们进入一个全新且乐趣无穷的摇滚世界……

　　维拉德（克利斯丁·格拉夫 Crispin Glover 饰）是一个性格十分内向腼腆的青年。在公司里，他的反应迟钝和笨手笨脚惹出了许多的麻烦，致使他遭到老板和同事们的无情嘲笑排挤，终日生活在压抑和委屈之中。维拉德唯一的两个朋友是本和苏格拉底，它们是两只拥有着高超智商的老鼠。
　　不幸的是，维拉德的同事在偶然之中发现了苏格拉底的存在，苏格拉底被当成普通的老鼠被踩死了。这巨大的悲剧给维拉德和本带来了毁灭性的打击，一人一鼠在绝望之中决定联手向人类复仇，他们率领着终日生活在阴影里的鼠族大军，拉开了一场充满了惨叫和鲜血的，跨越了人类和鼠类两个种族之间的荣誉之战。

　　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.

　　拉瑞（本·阿弗莱克 Ben Affleck 饰）看起来人高马大仪表堂堂，却是一个整日里不务正业游手好闲的小马仔。某天，老大交给了他一项十分重要的任务——绑架一位名叫布莱恩（贾斯汀·巴萨 Justin Bartha 饰）的男子，他是当地检察官的弟弟，而该检察官手上掌握着能够将老大送进监狱的证据。
　　为了确保行动的顺利进行，老大还派出了性感火辣的瑞琪（詹妮弗·洛佩兹 Jennifer Lopez 饰）和拉瑞一起上路，毫不意外的，无法抵挡瑞琪强大魅力的拉瑞深深的坠入了情网之中，无奈在瑞琪的眼中，拉瑞只是一个笨蛋小混混而已。这一节外生枝让整个计划都充满了不确定性，在拉瑞的莽撞下，瑞琪甚至有可能被连累的丢掉性命。