YMMV / Uncle Sam

• Anvilicious:
  • The heroes are a crippled veteran who regrets his service and a draft-dodger. The villain is the reanimated corpse of a Sociopathic Soldier (who's actually more of a mercenary then a soldier) who is so jingoistic that he dresses as a national symbol and kills anyone he feels disgraces the nation. It's obvious how the filmmakers feel about political stances.
  • And in just in case you somehow managed to miss the obvious messages, the kid burns his army figures at the end.
• Harsher in Hindsight: Post-9/11, the film's themes became quite relevant again.
• Hilarious in Hindsight:
  • Timothy Bottoms plays a character who fled the country as a protest of The Vietnam War. Bottoms would later play George W. Bush (who was famously pro-war) on That's My Bush! and the TV movie DC 9/11: Time of Crisis.
  • He also played the lead in the film version of Johnny Got His Gun, which was made to capitalize on the popularity of the novel during the Vietnam War.
• Memetic Molester: Sam; there's even an an Easter egg in one of the DVD releases that shows a montage of his more... dubious moments.
• Narm:
  • The title drop by Sam near the end of the movie. His raspy voice doesn't help make it any less ridiculous.
    Sam: Americans? These are the same people that left me to die in the desert. Well now ... now they've gotta face ME. Your... uncle... SAM!
  • The original poster art, as seen on the main page. When it was released to VHS, it was a holographic cover, but that doesn't stop it from being any less tacky. The ridiculous tagline doesn't help its case.
    I Want You... DEAD!
  • The officer who informs Sam's widow of his death says, "You'll get over it in time." Who says that to a grieving person?
• Narm Charm:
  • Sam shuffling after Willie (the Uncle Sam on stilts) in the middle of the night.
  • Really, the whole idea of a guy dressed as Uncle Sam on a murder spree would be ridiculous were it not for the Unintentional Uncanny Valley nature of his costume, or his disturbing backstory.
• Spiritual Successor: To the Maniac Cop trilogy, especially by how it shows Sam in his coffin. MC trilogy ended with Matt Cordell being inside his.
• Squick: Sam pinning his medals to his rotted flesh.
• Unintentional Uncanny Valley: The Uncle Sam mask◊ is even more unsettling than Sam's actual appearance.

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