The Queen then orders Mandible to find her daughter, and while he sends Cutter to do so, he also continues his plan to cleanse the colony of unacceptable drones and other unworthy types. A succession of events, however, results in Z and Bala finding themselves thrust into the above ground, outside world. Miraculously the only survivor of the deadly battle, Z suddenly finds himself a hero, much to Mandible's chagrin. He does, but along with Barbatus (voice of Danny Glover), a seasoned solider ant who takes the worker under his wing, Z discovers to his horror that he's heading off to war against the termites. Immediately smitten, Z convinces Weaver to switch places with him so that he might be able to see Bala again during a military procession the following day. The two hit it off, but a barroom brawl causes her to leave just as he learns that she's really Princess Bala who wanted to see how the "other half" lives. Happily dreaming of such a place, Z is then surprised when a beautiful young ant asks him to dance. While chatting with his best friend Weaver (voice of Sylvester Stallone), an imposing, but sweet natured soldier ant, the night before the military invasion, Z overhears a drunken scout (voice of John Mahoney) telling of a wonderful place called Insectopia, an above ground sanctuary where ants don't have to live a conformist life. Reluctantly, the Queen agrees, and she later points out that Mandible's leadership qualities prove he'll be an excellent husband for her daughter, Princess Bala (voice of Sharon Stone), to whom he's already betrothed. With the aide of his right-hand man, Colonel Cutter (voice of Christopher Walken), Mandible momentarily puts aside his skewed totalitarian plans for the colony, as he desires to make a preemptive strike on a band of termites poised to attack them. While the rest of the ants don't seem to mind the daily monotony of their lives, Z hates conformity and believes that there must be something more to his life than this.Ĭommiserating with his friend and fellow worker, Azteca (voice of Jennifer Lopez), Z continues to toil away under the direction of his foreman (voice of Grant Shaud) while digging a massive tunnel to accommodate the military plans of General Mandible (voice of Gene Hackman), a ruler second only to the colony's Queen (voice of Anne Bancroft). PLOT: Z (voice of Woody Allen) is just another worker ant among thousands or even millions in his colony. QUICK TAKE: Animated Adventure: A worker ant, hoping to get his colony's beautiful princess to notice him, ends up the unlikely hero as he helps thwart the totalitarian plans of a renegade general. (1998) (voices of Woody Allen, Sharon Stone) (PG)
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