Antz

A rather neurotic ant tries to break from his totalitarian society while trying to win the affection of the princess he loves.

• Director:Eric Darnell
• Genre:Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Family / Fantasy

Cast

Woody Allen : Z (voice)
Dan Aykroyd : Chip (voice)
Anne Bancroft : Queen (voice)
Jane Curtin : Muffy (voice)
Danny Glover : Barbatus (voice)

The setting for the story is an ant colony in Central Park in New York City, under the chronological timespan of 4 days. The protagonist (Woody Allen) is an ant named Z-4195, or “Z” for short. Z is a neurotic and individualistic soul living in a wholly conformist society and therefore longs for the opportunity to truly express himself, a dream his friend Azteca (Jennifer Lopez) dismisses as a silly fantasy. When his depression leads him to a bar, he meets a drunk who tells of a paradise called “Insectopia”, piquing Z’s interest. The very same night, Princess Bala (Sharon Stone) goes to the bar with two of her attendants to escape from the suffocating life of royalty, throwing her crown aside to disguise herself as a worker. Earlier, however, she meets with General Mandible (Gene Hackman) , to whom she is engaged to marry and take her rightful place as Queen. She spots Z at the bar and asks him to dance, during which he falls madly in love with her. When a fight breaks out, Z learns Bala’s true identity.

Later that night, Z concocts a plan to see the Princess again, suggesting that he and his best friend Weaver (Sylvester Stallone), a soldier ant, exchange places for one day. Weaver reluctantly agrees, unaware of what Z would be forced to confront. Thinking he is simply to undergo a routine inspection, Z marches with the ranks and is befriended by Barbatus (Danny Glover), another soldier. However, Z learns to his horror that General Mandible is sending the troops to war against a colony of acid-shooting termites that he believes are planning to destroy the ants and use their territory for foraging.

The soldiers, along with Z, then march into battle and arrive at the termite colony, intending to defeat the much larger termite soldiers by being the survivors of a battle to the death wherein the victors are simply the last soldiers alive. They are lured into a trap by the termites, who attack savagely and without restriction. While escaping from a termite, Z falls into a hole and remains there with no knowledge of what is happening outside. Eventually, Z emerges from the hole to find that he is the sole survivor. He finds a fatally wounded decapitated Barbatus, who with his last breath tells him not to make his mistake – to think for himself rather than follow orders all his life. Read more

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