Z's dead - No way!

Rating: 8/10 (17 January 2003)

Z is a worker ant in a big ant colony. Z is also the working class hero in this drama about war, peace, treachery and love. This movie impressed me a lot. When the film starts, we see the inside of Ant Metropolis, the inspiration from Lang's "Metropolis" is obvious. Thousands of ants show us a typical ant hive with a strict class structure and little individual freedom. This colony with its "Mega" construction projects is much more believable than the bunch of ants shown in "A bug's life". The mood of "Antz" is a dark one, as most of the story happens underground in the caves of the hive and death always possible. There are some light moments, and truly great ideas well animated, and these are all the more enjoyable. I can only recommend it and rate it 2 IMDB points above "A bug's life".