Directed by: Eric Darnell and Tim Johnson
Starring: Woody Allen, Sharon Stone, Gene
Hackman, Sylvester Stallone, Jennifer Lopez, Christopher Walken, Anne Bancrft, Dan
Aykroyd, and Danny Glover
In
Antz, Dreamworks replaces the concept
of a worker bee with a worker ant. Z
(Woody Allen) is a low-ranking working-class member of a totalitarian society
ruled by the Queen (Anne Bancroft). On his
tunnel-digging job, Z is oppressed by General Mandible (Gene Hackman) and
Colonel Cutter (Christopher Walken). Mandible
is power hungry and convinces the Queen that they need to preemptively attack
the termites to prevent an invasion. Determined
to build an army of powerful ants to take over the colony, General Mandible
sends a number of worker ants all loyal to the Queen to their deaths against
the termites. Z is charged with facing
the termites and is the only survivor among his friends and fellow soldiers. He feels trapped in a conformist society and
decides to journey toward Insectopia to find a better life. With breathtaking visuals, a stellar cast,
and brilliant storytelling loosely based on Aldous Huxley’s novel Brave New World, you can’t go wrong with
Antz.
This wonderful animated film gets a sober rating.
