Uncle Sam

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Uncle Sam

R

1997

1h 28m

Horror

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A Gulf War veteran rises from the dead to wreak vengeance upon unpatriotic residents of his hometown.

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Budd Wilkins

Slant Magazine

William Lustig and Larry Cohen team up to bring you this curdled rumination on small-town Americana, jingoism, and the hell that is warfare.

Jun 29, 2022

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Nick Schager

Lessons of Darkness

Reinvigorates stale horror clichs via both tongue-in-cheek social commentary and an unironic, unbridled love for blood-and-guts mayhem.

Rated: B+

May 16, 2006

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Eric Henderson

Slant Magazine

Lustig's surprisingly evocative widescreen compositions are peppered with an absurd parade of Americana.

Rated: 3.5/4

Apr 20, 2005

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Steve

Dread Central

Uncle Sam may never be widely considered as a classic horror flick, but it's leaps and bounds better than the usual crap that's shoved down our throats.

Rated: 3/5

Aug 2, 2010

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Tim Brayton

Antagony & Ecstasy

The worst of everything in the slasher subgenre consolidated into 89 endless minutes.

Rated: 1/10

Jul 5, 2009

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Chuck O'Leary

Fantastica Daily

Rated: 3/5

Nov 12, 2005

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brad p

I wish I had more kind things to say about Lustig's would-be yearly slasher but this one hasn't ever worked for me. I'll say it was moderately fun to revisit it some 25 years later.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Jimmy P

I wish that this wasn't the last film that William Lustig ever directed.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/20/23

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sean s

The intro to this movie is excellent with all the old footage of Nationalistic Uncle Sam parades, etc. They should redo this movie as a heavy satire on misguided Patriotism, Nationalism, corruption of government that start wars for profit, the militarization of children through toys and videos games, etc. The remake of this movie could be a 5 star deal easily.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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michael d

Unfortunately tame and lame.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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tom k

Disjointed and sloppy. Definitely not Lustig's and Cohen's best. This should be remade.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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R P

What is more patriotic than watching Uncle Sam on the 4th of July? Watching him get revenge on unpatriotic people. I'm continuing to watch holiday horror movies on the holidays. I love these themed horror movies. Granted, Uncle Sam isn't the greatest of movies but it's still okay. (https://foreverfinalgirl.com/uncle-sam/)

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

07/04/22

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Synopsis

A Gulf War veteran rises from the dead to wreak vengeance upon unpatriotic residents of his hometown.

Director: William Lustig
Screenwriter: Larry Cohen
Production Co: A-Pix Entertainment
Rating: R
Genre: Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 10, 2016
Runtime: 1h 28m

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