Scott LeBrun As befitting a collaboration between Larry Cohen and William Lustig (who'd brought their talents together for "Maniac Cop"), this is certainly an interesting effort. Those horror fans expecting a campy slasher might be somewhat disappointed. Cohen and Lustig do eventually take the movie in that direction, with some odd and amusing touches, but they do have more on their mind than just body count nonsense; "Uncle Sam" does take some of its themes seriously. Therefore, it might not appeal to everybody. After a rather bloodless start, Cohen and Lustig do trot out the gore effects at some point. A fine cast of familiar B movie faces does well with the material.Sam Harper (David "Shark" Fralick) is a soldier killed by friendly fire during the first Gulf War. His body is brought home after three years, intriguing his impressionable young nephew, Jody (Christopher Ogden), who wants to grow up to be like Sam and serve his country. But Sams' restless spirit realizes that there are worthless Americans who need to be punished: tax cheats, flag burners, draft dodgers, crooked politicians, etc. So the zombified Sam goes out and about slaughtering them in various ways.Offering their welcome presence are actors such as Bo Hopkins, Isaac Hayes (who's wonderful as Jed, the Korean War veteran who tries to convince Jody that his uncle wasn't really a hero), Timothy Bottoms, P.J. Soles, Morgan Paull, Robert Forster, and Frank Pesce. Forster is funny as the corrupt congressman; his final scene is undeniably a highlight. Young Ogden is appealing as the boy. At first glance, William Smith would seem to be horribly under utilized in a brief pre-credits bit, but he *does* write and perform the end credits poem "Desert Storm"."Uncle Sam" isn't altogether satisfying (especially that clichéd ending), but it does have its moments. There is an outtake after the end credits have finished.Six out of 10.

marymorrissey some really unappealing actor/character combos in this movie (like the kid) and much too time spent with them. Glacial pace. I'm not really a gore hound but it might have been more graphic too for the however much of it I watched, even if I did turn it off after the first compound fracture (not much of a gore hound at all!).Even images I liked - another uncle same on extra long stilts - just went on too long. Evidently they only had 45 min worth of story.They were showing this at the Cinefamily on July 4th in LA and I took that as a recommendation to check out the trailer which was fun. Kind of like "Being Alive" the actual movie is not worth the time.

sm45643 This movie absolutely deserves a 4. The premise is great any anti American activity results in death. The movie sticks to that for a little while. The major downsides were that Uncle Sam doesn't really appear until forty minutes into the movie, and like an hour in he just starts killing everybody. The best part of the movie was at the end when they fire the cannon at Uncle Sam and you can see the string pulling him back through the house. God that was soo funny. I couldn't stop laughing at that. The acting was kinda bad, but expected. The best character is the blind kid in the wheelchair. Bottom line if u like cheesy movies especially horror see this.

Coventry The 1990's were a truly weak decade for insane and bloody slashers, unless of course if you think "Scream" and all its uninspired clones qualify as good horror films. Luckily enough, there still was the companionship between William Lustig and Larry Cohen, who finished their "Maniac Cop"-trilogy and even pleased us horror fans with the entirely new and delightfully trashy "Uncle Sam". Naturally, this is a pretty insignificant film when it comes to plotting and building up tension, but it does deliver some great gore and splendid social sarcasm. Sam Harper was a loyal yet slightly deranged American soldier who got killed by friendly fire during operation Desert Storm. Some years later, his heavily burned corpse is brought back to the States just in time for the annual Fourth of July celebration in his hometown, where his young and naive nephew Jody still considers him to be a true role model. He comes back to life, obviously, and starts an ingenious killing spree dressed up like "Uncle Sam"; the symbol that used to recruit young men as American soldiers. "Uncle Sam" works well as a satire, criticizing the US Army forces that often don't really know what they're fighting for as well as typical blind patriotism, but foremost it's an exciting horror flick with several violent deaths and a cool, old-fashioned villain. The drama-story lines in Larry Cohen's screenplay (revolving on the aunt and mother trying to convince young Jody that warfare is actually a horrible thing) are surprisingly subtle and well-argumented. The two female leads (Leslie Neale & Anne Tremko) aren't very memorable and the young kid is rather annoying, but – and as usual – Lustig & Cohen could count on the presence of several B-movie veterans to star in supportive roles. Isaac Hayes is great as the retired army commander and Halloween's P.J. Soles appears as some kid's obnoxious mother. Good fun, recommended!