King Of The Ants Reviews

Graphic Violent Indie

If you abhor violence in movies, give this a wide berth. It is one of the nastiest, violent little indies I have seen in ages, violence for the sake of it is the name of this movie. You see a person repeatedly beaten around the head with a golf club, people set alight,it does not seem to matter. The only point of this film is its graphic violence. If you like this sort of thing, it is well acted and moves along at a cracking pace, but be warned. It is not a pleasant movie at all.

Unpleasant.

I've no problem with screen violence, and I suppose this should at least be applauded for showing that if you get repeatedly hit around the head with a golf club, it's really going to mess your face up... but other than that, what's the point?

The plot is silly, the budget is low (but not so they could spend more cash on the script), and only Norm from Cheers is worth watching in the cast.

Absolutely brilliant

This is a dark, brutal, nihilistic little indie movie from Higson ('Fast Show' writer/actor) and Gordon ('Reanimator' director) that deserves true cult classic status. It's the scariest sort of horror, one that's totally grounded in reality, so that the first murder feels like watching a snuff movie.

It's a movie that sucks you in and continually suprises you. It's not flashy at all (it's obviously low budget), but has an excellent cast and a totally gripping storyline, making it 90 minutes of pure, visceral cinema. See this, but only if you have the stomach for it, there's very little around that's nastier.

Stay away from this mound

I loved the Charles Higson book, and thought maybe this would be an interesting view. How wrong was I?

If you were to divide this film in two the first half stays faithful to the book, but the second half wanders badly. Add that to the fact that it fees as flat as a steamrollered pancake and you begin to get some idea of what's on offer here. The biggest surprise/disapointment was moving the book from Hackney, to set it in some American suburb, that completelely lost me.

All in all a dull disappointing affair best avoided. Buy the book and read that instead.

King of the Pants!

Boring. For a start I expected more violence, but what there was seemed almost violence for the sake of it. The plot was predictable, and the budget seemed almost none existant. The best actors were Daniel Baldwin, and that bloke from Cheers, However, I would have gladly replaced them with with no names, and spent their salaries on creating a better film. Charlie Higson - please give up script writing. You seem a nice bloke, but people will start to think otherwise if you keep churning out this type of crud.

[Highly rated reviewer]

Good, but strange and pretty violent

King of Ants is a pretty good film, which is slow starting but gets better as the film progresses. It has a basic but engaging story, and is violent, strange, and pretty twisted at times. There is acceptable acting by the cast throughout, but then again the script doesn’t ask too much from the actors. The story never really goes anywhere, but the film is still interesting for most of the duration. It is hard to believe that Charlie Higson (from The Fast Show) wrote the script for the film (adapted from his own novel), as the film is not something you would expect from him (being so different from the comedy side of things he is usually associated with).

King of pants

This frilm is disgusting and twisted, not one for the girls apart from the fitty.

Completey snore worthy. Don't waste your time

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Not Nice

This film is very low budget, shockingly acted and has some of the nastiest scenes of violence and twisted sexual fantasy I've ever seen.

But it wasn't all bad. Strangley enough it was an OK film and worthy of renting if you like 'out there' films.

Be warned though - it contains one fantasy scene of full frontal pre op transexual nudity. Possibly using a prosthetic man part but still very very shocking.

[Highly rated reviewer]

To think, this was written by Swiss Toni!!

Great low budget film with a revengeful climax. A good story and some well directed scenes make this a film that keeps you watching till the end. Although the actors aren't exactly A-list (the 'other' Baldwin, and Cheers' Wendt), everyone puts in a good, realistic performance and make it well worth watching.

Look out for an extremely weird dream sequence that is the only thing typical of director Stuart Gordon's imagination in the film!

FORE !!

It's amazing how this quirky, dark and violent film was spawned from Charlie Higson (of 'The Fast Show' fame) and features 'Norm' from Cheers. However, this film is no barrel of laughs!

The director of this low budget movie is Stuart Gordon, who was responsible for some pretty nasty horror movies back in the eighties, such as 'The Re-animator' and 'From Beyond'. Therefore, it is not surprising that a number of scenes in this movie are gross, bloodthirsty and surreal.

However, I enjoyed it because it is so far removed from the safe, formulaic thrillers that Hollywoood seems to churn out these days. Worth seeing, but you have been warned !