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Uncle Sam | Year: 1997 Classification: Horror Directed: - William Lustig B Movie Gold Sam Harper went to the Persian Gulf War with a wife in the States and a belly full of hate. His chopper crashed in the desert, a victim of friendly fire, and it took three years to find his body. Now Harper is back home in a metal coffin with a wife who no longer wants to remember him and a nephew who thinks his uncle's sacrifice is the height of honor. Sam's hatred of those who besmirch American values is enough to bring him back to life, and now his hometown of Twin Falls is about to pay a heavy price when this soldier awakens to settle some scores. During the course of Harper's bloody rampage, his nephew Jody learns that a love of death is a poor substitute for love of one's country. Everything reaches a head at the July 4th celebration when bodies start to fall like rain. This is the fundamental plot of William Lustig's bloody 1997 horror film "Uncle Sam." Starring a cast of notables including Bo Hopkins, Isaac Hayes, Robert Forster, and Timothy Bottoms, Lustig's homage to misguided patriotism delivers on several levels while failing on several more. One thing that works here is the gore, with a nasty looking broken leg, an impalement with an American flag, TWO guys on fire, a beheading, and a hatchet in the head. I also liked the look of Sam Harper as a desiccated zombie who dispatches anyone he considers unpatriotic. Although we don't see Harper for most of the movie because he's dressed in a cheesy Uncle Sam outfit, look for the scene where a dead Harper pins medals on his bare chest. The sound effects in this scene and when Sam walks are unsettling, as he squelches and crackles with every step. I think most gorehounds will like a lot of what they see in terms of special effects in this movie. Throw in Isaac Hayes as a one-legged aging war veteran who feels guilty about glorifying war, Timothy Bottoms as a draft-dodging teacher, and Bo Hopkins as a sleazy Army sergeant and you have B movie gold. Unfortunately, "Uncle Sam" founders with laughable dialogue and plot holes you could sail the British Navy through. I should vacillate here and mention that a pathetic and fragmented script may go either way. If you don't like to laugh at movies unless they are comedies, then the failings of Lustig's film will bother you. However, if you are like me and occasionally find cheesy dialogue funny, "Uncle Sam" may fit the bill. I laughed repeatedly as this movie lurched and shuddered to its conclusion. Allow me to make a few comments on some of the more implausible scenes and interactions in this movie. I will only mention a few, but anyone with a sharp eye could easily list more: How does Sam Harper get out of his casket? I understand that Jody undid one of the latches the first time he messed with it, but later we see two latches when Jody and Jed Crawley check to see if Harper is still in his coffin. Besides, Sergeant Twining told us in the beginning of the film that the coffin is 'sealed.' Doesn't this mean there are more than a coup Just like smelling the milk when you know its sour. Ok, being that this was filmed in my hometown, I had to rent it. With that out of the way, it's kinda like a traffic accident, you know you should not slow down to take a look, but something inside you makes you want to look, such is Uncle Sam. Being a B-Movie buff, I've seen bad, and this is BAD with a capital B. If you're looking for great acting, lot's of horror and great gore effects, you'd be better off renting "Sorrority Babes at the Slime Ball Bowl-A-Rama" (which I DO recommend). This movie is a great plot gone wrong. It's not scary, the gore is terrible, and the acting is right out of your fourth grade Christmas play. In fact it takes 45 minutes before the gore even starts. I'm sorry but if I rent a horror movie,I like things to get a little bloody before I'm ready to pop in "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!". But!!!! There is one redeeming quality about this movie, if you and a group of friends are bored on a Friday night and you want to watch a horror movie and add a little dialog of your own, then this is the movie for you, because this movie screams for audience intervention! Believe me, I wanted this movie to be a B-movie bonanza, but sadly it's a B-movie BOMB!. The movie box reads "Uncle Sam Wants You.....Dead..." It should read "Uncle Sam Wants You and Your Video Rental Money!" Take Care! Haunted Mansion Psychotic Movie. I really enjoyed this movie it was chessy but at the same time kinda creepy.It made no sense that they would send a three year dead corpse to a family's house.I think this was the last of creative Horror Movies brutal deaths ,and funny one liners by Sam Harper.I thought the plot was good Though it never explains why he came back from the dead.Anyhow this a must have for any horror movie fan Collection. Buy Uncle Sam at Amazon.com Buy posters at Allposters.com Jamster - the latest ringtones for your phone!  Search with Walhello on the Internet on Uncle Sam Search with the Priority Search Engine on Uncle Sam This page in other languages: Suomeksi | Nederlands | Deutsch
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