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King of the Ants (2003)

King of the Ants poster
Directed by
Stuart Gordon
Genre
thriller film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 42m
Rated
R
Rating
5.9 of 10 from 90 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man is hired by a shady real estate developer to rough up a small-town lawyer. When the job goes wrong, he finds himself hunted by a group of criminals with no sense of mercy.

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What happens

King of the Ants is a 2003 American independent neo-noir crime thriller film directed by Stuart Gordon, written by Charlie Higson, and starring Chris McKenna, Kari Wuhrer, George Wendt, Vernon Wells, and Daniel Baldwin. It was adapted from Higson's 1992 novel of the same name, and was one of the first films produced by The Asylum. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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