道森（詹姆斯·麦斯登 James Marsden 饰）和阿曼达（米歇尔·莫娜汉 Michelle Monaghan 饰）曾经是一对情侣，精产两人交往多年，精产感情十分要好。然而，来自家庭的反对和生活的变故令阿曼达渐渐远离了道森，而道森则在一场突发意外中失手杀人，锒铛入狱。得知了道森入狱的消息，善良的阿曼达前去探望，然而，自认为配不上阿曼达的道森避而不见，久而久之，阿曼达只能放弃。一转眼二十一年过去，道森出狱后成为了一名钻井工人，而阿曼达也寻得了如意郎君，嫁为人妇，可是，阿曼达的内心里依然思念着道森。一位故人的逝去让道森和阿曼达重新走到了一起，他们需要共同处理这位逝者的丧事。
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回复 :昭和初年，私家偵探魚塚被一老婦人委託調查被綁架女兒的下落。偵探追查下去，卻發現事件和一部消失了的電影《永遠的謎》有關，這部電影比號稱日本最早起用女性演員，歸山敎正的《生之光輝》更早有女演員表演，但被警察禁映而消失。鏡頭跟著主角深入淺草的遊樂區，探索默片年代的戲院，解說的辯士、現場配樂的樂隊、放映前的雜耍表演，當年的電影是很「綜合」的娛樂…… 完全和電影業無關的新人導演林海象一鳴驚人的處女作，比《星光夢裏人》早近三十年採用仿默片的拍法，全部黑白攝影，人物對白全部用字幕卡代替，聲軌只有配樂、效果音等，引領觀眾暢遊世紀初的夢工場。
彭丽丽
回复 :布罗根（杰夫·布里吉斯 Jeff Bridges 饰）是为侠客队卖命的橄榄球运动员，可是，他的努力不但没能够换来球队的信赖和认可，恰恰相反，带着一身因为打球而产生的伤病，布罗根惨遭球队的解雇，这让平日里习惯了花钱大手大脚的他立刻就遭遇了经济危机。某日，酒吧老板杰克（詹姆斯·伍兹 James Woods 饰）找到了布罗根，出三万块钱委托布罗根帮助他寻找一位名叫杰西（雷切尔·沃德 Rachel Ward 饰）的女孩。他曾经和这个女孩之间有过一段浪漫的往事，但是杰西最终还是离开了他。在一座地处偏远的小岛上，布罗根找到了杰西，两人之间无法遏制的产生了感情，于是，他们决定远离人群，在小岛上生活。
欧中建
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.
