the proverb never judge a book by it cover and be coin a a warning to those who fail to look beneath the surface . a i view the artwork to and king of the ant i instantly think horror . the arcane imagery proudly display on the cover and back spoke of a dark vision and the synopsis promise a story of murder and betrayal and and retribution . instead what i discover beneath that surface and be less interesting than what you can find under your average rock . king of the ant feature chris l. mckenna a sean crawley and an average guy ready to make a name for himself in this world and even if it mean murder . except sean crawley be someone you do not care about and never once do i feel any compassion or sympathy for this character . in fact he downright unlikable and but not as much a daniel baldwin ( ray mathews ) who turn in an uninspired performance a a make all the bad by the utterly laughable dialogue he be force to recite . throw in kari wuhrer a a grieving widow who apparently have unconditional trust ( esp . in the homeless ) and and little to no common sense and and george wendt a duke and which be basically a sober norm from cheer but mean . now there be a couple of interest hallucination sequence in this film ( the source of the cover image ) but this film never delve far into that world . it prefer to bombard you with unmotivated character and bad dialogue and and unlikely event after unlikely event . oh the horror .