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Everything we do has a corresponding reward or punishment. So goes the law of karma. So too goes the story of the Ant Bully which should make every child of tender years become too scared to even touch another ant in his life again!

Can you imagine yourself turning into what you hate most? This can be scary depending of course on what you really hate most! Ant Bully gives us this warning as the lead character Lucas, also nicknamed "The Destroyer" because of his penchant for destroying and colonies brutally, becomes what else but a teeny, weenie ant.

The movie starts with a very appropriate prologue, the departure of the parents of Lucas for a vacation to Spain, without him of course. So what should the cat do when the mouse is away? Rejoice of course! As did Lucas when his mom, who has been annoying him to the maximum level by calling him "Peanuts!", left for that long overdue trip.

Sullen he surely was when his parents got out of the door but Lucas should feel more morose if he knew what was coming to him. Accompanied by a seemingly demented grandmother who believes aliens are out to get them and hounded by a neighborhood kid bully who lords it over the other neighborhood kids by virtue of his size and might, little boy Lucas Nickle vents out his anger and frustration to an ant colony in their yard.

Lucas makes use of his water gun to spray water on thousands of helpless ants. Ever experienced a heavy typhoon wash out your house? Then this is the experience one gets just looking at how the very tiny ants get flooded by Lucas. One of the ants who get victimized by the flooding is the wizard ant Zoc who vowed to destroy the destroyer with his magic potion.

Watch how Zoc's potion, which they manage to pour inside Lucas' ears when they sneaked inside his bedroom, work like magic and shrink Lucas into ant proportion. His grandmother finally proved her theory of an impending alien abduction when she sees Lucas being carried away by ants, thanks to a magnifying glass.

The adventures of Lucas the ant bully begins after he was sentenced by the Queen ant, not to die, but to live the life of an ant. Thanks to the wisdom of the queen ant, Lucas is spared his life but then he has to face the challenge of coping up with the difficult life of an ant.

A sympathetic and peace-loving ant Hova volunteered to look after Lucas and to teach him the ways of an ant. Most of us think that ants are very small creatures and they are so annoying most of the time. However, the ants have a saving grace and that is their unity and industriousness.

Lucas finds himself helpless when he was made a member of one group of ants who are competing against another group of ants vying for the most number of sweet gummies! Easy for Lucas if he was still his old size but now that he has shrunk, he finds it hard to travel from one leaf to another.

This movie contains its own slapstick comedy with fart jokes and that funny thing about the ant Hova crossing her heart, rather her butt! However, there are important lessons to be learned in terms of kindness, unity, forgiveness, friendship and love. Watching the film has made me realize how we humans forget the value of having each other in our quest for a better life.

Lucas was transformed into a hero when he saved the colony from insect predators which looked like ugly giant wasps! That scene when he was eaten by a giant frog was gross especially when Lucas and the other victims were shown inside the frog's stomach. But the friendship between him and Zoc started when Zoc tried to save Lucas from the frog as a favor to his friend Hova who was worried sick about Lucas.

It seems like the story was heading for a happy ending as Lucas learned to appreciate the ants. However, Lucas remembered that he signed a contract with that ant buster who is about to annihilate the anthill in no time at all. In his desire to save the colony, Lucas bribes his new-found friends who helped him find his way to his house.

The group had a good time flying around the living room of Lucas and looking at the photos of the different tourist spots like the Pyramid of Egypt. Imagine how easy life can be if we were that small! We could have already traveled the whole world just by flying through the different posters and miniatures around the house. On the other hand, life can also be very dangerous for small creatures because you never know what lies out there.

Unable to stop the ant annihilator, Lucas lead the ant colony in preparing for a war against the ant buster! The ants won, thanks to Lucas and Zoc finally agrees to help him get back to his original size.

Lucas has grown big just minutes after his mom and dad arrived home and to their surprise, they found a different and a more appreciative Lucas waiting for them! And to showcase his newly-found bravery, Lucas stood up to the neighborhood bully and became an instant hit among the small in his neighborhood who realized that even if they are small, they can be big and do big things if they are together.

This is a very good movie for kids who may learn a lesson or two about living life to each his own. Kids will learn the value of every living thing and will realize that nothing in this world deserves cruelty.

While that closure could already be a happy ending for the movie, the director went as far as showing Lucas getting his gummies and throwing them to the ant hill for his newfound friends to enjoy! If you want a movie with a heart and which is not boring then this is it!