Vengeance rides the open road when a young woman encounters a renegade drifter and ends up in a fight for her life.

　　曾经的萨姆（布鲁斯·坎贝尔 Bruce Campbell 饰）是一位精明强干，经验丰富的特种兵指挥官，受上司所托，他带领部下们来到了位于哥伦比亚的军事哨所，对当地的恐怖分子行动进行监视和跟踪报道。萨姆需要判断当地的反政府武装分子是否涉及恐怖袭击活动，若涉及，他就必须向上级汇报，以便上级采取进一步的武装干涉行动。
　　某日，萨姆在意外中得知一群武装分子将目标放在了一间小型诊所之上，正义感的驱使下，他决定前往彼处，拯救在那里生活的无辜民众。让萨姆没有想到的是，他的这一举动不仅为自己带来了危险和麻烦，还让自己被卷入了一宗错综复杂的阴谋之中。

　　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.

　　威廉姆（斯图尔特·汤森德 Stuart Townsend 饰）和妻子凯伦（查理兹·塞隆 Charlize Theron 饰）之间的感情十分要好，两人共同养育着可爱乖巧的女儿阿比盖尔（达科塔·范宁 Dakota Fanning 饰），一家人的幸福生活堪称典范。然而，在我们的故事里，这样的幸福注定不会长久。
　　乔（凯文·贝肯 Kevin Bacon 饰）和谢瑞尔（科特妮·洛芙 Courtney Love 饰）是一对智商极高的亡命鸳鸯，在“劫富济贫”的信念之中，在天衣无缝的配合之下，两人犯下了一桩又一桩的完美绑架案。这一次，他们的目标正是威廉姆和凯伦一家人。阿比盖尔失踪了，与此同时，威廉姆和凯伦分别收到了一封时限为24小时的通牒，在绑匪规定的时间内，他们能够顺利救出阿比盖尔吗？

　　影片沿袭了吉勒莫·阿里加独步天下的多线叙事手法，通过纵横交错的情节展现了五位主角不同的生活遭遇。波特兰一个名叫西尔维亚（查理兹·塞隆饰）的女人，一直在童年时不慎犯下的罪孽阴影中不能自拔，期待与家人和解的她试图寻找新的出路；生活在墨西哥边境小镇的16岁女孩玛利亚娜，想尽办法让感情破裂的父母重归于好；一对恋人吉娜和尼克不幸陷于难以自拔的地下情之中；小女孩玛丽亚则帮助自己的父母彼此宽恕，找到真爱……这五人都在自己的痛苦中实现着自我拯救，最终找到了生活的真谛。

　　凯伦麦肯井然有序的生活，因一名变态杀手闯入她家谋杀她17岁的女儿而整个破灭。但她的震惊悲伤转眼却变成愤怒怀疑，因为凶手在法律漏洞下竟被判无罪开释，所以当他又犯下另一桩血案且又逃过法律制裁后，凯伦决心亲手讨回公道……