Meanwhile, it becomes increasingly clear that Bala's fiancé, General Mandible, is one untrustworthy ant. Possible escape comes in the form of the lovely Princess Bala, with whom he becomes smitten after an impromptu dance at a bar, only for a string of mishaps to occur in his attempts to impress her: "Z" becomes a war hero, a revolutionary, and finally kidnaps Bala, stranding the pair in the outside world. Having delivered an opening shot and title sequence among the year's best, the action hones straight in on Z-4195, a worker ant living a blue-collar existence among a colony of millions, who is none too happy with his lot in life (cue hilarious sequence in which our hero relates his problems to his shrink with all the neurotic schtick his human counterpart can muster).
For Antz, a dark tale destined to whiz right over the head of the average four-year-old, is simply breathtaking to look at, its seamless bug's-eye view of the world easily compensating for any mild inconsistencies in the storyline. While Disney's similarly-themed A Bug's Life, released within a few months of this, took the upper hand in light, child-friendly entertainment, visually Antz was more compelling and, strangely, more adult.
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