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.
