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· Year: 1997
· Director: William Lustig
· Writer: Larry Cohen
· Cast: Leslie Neale, Christopher Ogden
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An American soldier, killed fighting in the Gulf War, returns from the dead to murder those who would dishonor his country.
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35
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I suppose this is part of a whole subgenre of movies that seeks to create horror by perverting something wholesome and innocent, which can work very well in a film--just look at The Exorcist. However, when a movie chooses to be exploitative for its own sake, as Uncle Sam is, it can't expect to actually be much good. Writer Larry Cohen seems to want to use his not inconsiderable talent for creating satirical horror to turn Uncle Sam into an examination of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, but he can't pull it off, and the movie goes to a hell of stupidity. On the good side, some of the acting is passable, and I actually thought one of Isaac Hayes's speeches to "Uncle Sam"'s nephew wasn't too bad. Wait until the credits are over for an unfortunate behind-the-scenes shot (if you make it that long).
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