11岁的洛卡过着不寻常的生活。她的母亲死于洛卡的出生，她的父亲作为宇航员去国际空间站。她和在汉堡的祖母住在一起，祖母似乎对她的孙女没什么好感，很快就会因为生病住院。罗卡现在只能靠自己，学会解决一切麻烦……

在斯德哥爾摩的拍賣行工作的Anna暗戀著老闆Sven，然而富有同情心、內向的Sven沒打算要談戀愛。在他眼中，Anna只是個完美助手。當Sven終於考慮要找對象，Anna決定幫助他。她把自己的朋友Sophie跟Sven湊成一對，Sophie很開心，Anna則暗自神傷。這時，Anna的父親，一絲不苟的Carl，和自由奔放的鄰居Lotta起了嚴重衝突。兩人個性南轅北轍，Carl受不了Lotta的迷糊，但Lotta卻覺得拘謹的Carl很迷人。雙方先是起了口頭衝突，後來又發生了值得紀念的事件。

即将退役的拳击手（盖尔·加西亚·贝纳尔 Gael García Bernal 饰）迎来了他最后一次冲击冠军的机会，为了赶上比赛之夜，他和他的经纪人（迭戈·卢纳 Diego Luna 饰）共同对抗一种神秘力量。

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.