Uncle Sam 4K 1996 Ultra HD 2160p

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When the coffin containing the body of soldier Sam Harper, who died in Operation Desert Storm, is brought to his hometown, none of the countrymen expresses much grief except for his nephew, nine-year-old Jody, who worships his Uncle Sam as a hero.

Love does its work. On Independence Day, the hero's corpse comes to life, and mercilessly takes revenge on anyone who behaves unpatriotically...

Review 4K Movie

On Independence Day, July 4th, in the small town of Twin Rivers, Sam Harper, a U.S. Army soldier who died in Operation Desert Storm, always noted for his uncompromising brutality in the military, rises from the dead. He climbed out of his zinc coffin to begin killing in cold blood those who, in his opinion, did not honor their country's laws and were unpatriotic. No one liked Sam Harper except his nephew, Jody Baker. But soon he too will have to try to keep Uncle Sammy from coming at him with a cleaver in his hands...

This low-budget work is dedicated to the "maestro of horror" Lucio Fulci. The film was released by A-Pix Entertainment straight to video. A terrific creepy and bantering movie, a kind of summer madness from the famous director William Lastig and the equally famous screenwriter Larry Cohen. I've never liked Lustig's films, due to their incompleteness of horror: "Maniac" is more of a violent maniacal thriller, while "Maniac the Policeman" is an action-movie with elements of horror. And here we have a real horror movie with brutal murders, a grim atmosphere and "black humor", or rather banter, pouring throughout the whole picture. The director and screenwriter make such a strong and obvious mockery of the traditions of American citizens, who are injected with the "vaccine of feeble-mindedness" when they are still in the womb. No wonder their scores on the "American film base" are too low - you can't touch what has been laid since childhood "the foundation of a bright future."

For two million dollars, William made a rather gory slasher with super-inventive, ultra-original scenes of physical carnage: a naturalistic beheading; a man being strung up instead of a national flag; a hatchet being thrust into his forehead; frying; burying; a flag being stabbed into his body; and another brutal severing of his head. An anti-war movie with notable similarities to the same director's "Maniac Cop." The special effects and makeup by the renowned in narrow circles master of effects and director Joe Castro are above all praise, his credo - natural, quality screen deaths without any hackwork. There is little to no nudity. A dead killer dressed as the symbol of America, "Uncle Sam", with a huge hatchet looks really textured and intimidating. A specific move from the filmmakers. This movie has moments where you can get scared, looking what is happening in the same breath. There are famous actors: Beau Hopkins, Robert Forster, Timothy Bottoms and Isaac Hayes.

A solidly balanced, competently directed atmospheric slasher with a fair amount of "black humor" about soldier Harper, which shows everyone how to love the laws and the glorious traditions of the United States, I sincerely recommend everyone, without exception fans of the genre and not only slashers and thrash, to watch it. Undeservedly criticized and also undeservedly forgotten mini-masterpiece from the cult creators of horror. Especially since this is William Lastig's last film.