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Plot: This G.I.-zombie tale, smartly scripted by exploitation auteur Larry Cohen (It's Alive, God Told Me To) and directed by William Lustig (Maniac, Vigilante), straddles the li...( read more read more... )ne between antiwar satire and slasher-movie silliness. American soldier Uncle Sam, as he's known to his hero-worshipping young nephew, is a bullying homicidal misfit too ornery to die. His bloodied and burned corpse, sent home from Kuwait for burial, crawls out of his casket and declares war on punks, crooked politicians, draft dodgers, and pretty much anyone who wanders into his path. There are some interesting ideas floating around--a pointed commentary on the attraction of violence under the flag of patriotism, an undercurrent of psychosis and sadism in Sam's home life, and a clever twist on all-American iconography--which get lost in the Fourth of July reign of terror. Body-count fans will appreciate victims hacked with hatchets, cleavers, and garden shears, teenagers buried alive, and a severed head found smoking in a barbecue pit. David "Shark" Fralick stars as Sam, with Isaac Hayes as a crippled Korean War vet and small roles by cult stars Bo Hopkins, Timothy Bottoms, P.J. Soles, and Robert Forster, a smarmy governor given a fireworks sendoff he'll never forget. --Sean Axmaker

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  • 2.0 Stars
    MCT:
    July 5, 2008
    There were three different acts to this movie. The first first was incredibly boring. The second was hilarious and very fun! And the third was too ridiculous to even be entertaining. There were some good deaths, and even some creepy moments, but overall it was nothing special or even good.
  • 1.5 Stars
    MCT:
    May 11, 2008
    this was SHITE.... i watched it all the way through because i was bored but could have turned it off after ten minutes.
    Rubbish story line, rubbish acting, rubbish effects..just......RUBBISH!!
  • 1.0 Star
    MCT:
    January 20, 2008
    Lets start talking about the good about this movie. It has a nice pretty shiny dvd cover. Now the bad, it sucks ass.
  • 2.5 Stars
    MCT:
    March 30, 2007
    I can't believe I'm taking the time to write a comment about a movie with the tagline 'Uncle Sam wants you...DEAD!'. But, anyway... This is the type of movie you watch with a group of friends when you're jacked up on Mountain Dew with absolutely nothing better to do (Trust me. I speak from years of experience.). Then, and only then, will a movie like Uncle Sam be considered so bad, it's good. Otherwise, it's just...bad.
  • 0.5 Stars
    MCT:
    June 7, 2006
    We rented this soley based on the title. How horrible could you imagine a film being entitled "Uncle Sam" be? Well, times that by a million and thats how bad it is.
  • 0.5 Stars
    MCT:
    May 31, 2006
    Don't you hate it when you can't find anything to watch on TV and you decide upon something simply because it's NOT the worst thing on?
    The only thing worse is discovering that you were wrong and there probably WAS something worse on.
    Here we have a little film by the makers of "Maniac Cop" called "Uncle Sam". In it, a Gulf War vet who was killed in action comes back to life to kill un-patriotic people in his neighborhood. We learn, later, that the definition of "un-patriotic" includes people who try to stop you from killing other un-patriotic people.
    For star power, Isaac Hayes pops up as a one-legged war veteran and I couldn't help but expect him to call "Uncle Sam" a cracker, or preach to him about making sweet love. Instead, we get to see him turn in a week performance and shoot a replica cannon with cannonballs that cause explosions akin to that of a Stinger missile.
    The only saving grace of this dreck was seeing PJ Soles, she of the red baseball cap and blonde hair from movies like "Halloween" and "Rock and Roll High School", and even that is stretching it since she's not as cute as she used to be.
    Bottom line? "Uncle Sam" sucks.

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  • Rated: (R)
  • Directed by: William Lustig
  • Genres: Horror
  • Released: July 4, 1997
  • DVD Released: March 16, 1999

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