History Film / UncleSam

!! This film provides examples of the following tropes:

* PrettyLittleHeadshots: Ralph's death. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]], as Sam killed him with a BB gun.

-->'''Sam:''' Take a good look at me, soldier. You... [[NeverMyFault you made me into this]].
-->'''Jed:''' No... you never fought for your country. [[TerroristWithoutACause You just killed for the love of killing!]] You're nothing! So just die!

* DaylightHorror: Jesse and Ralph are killed in broad daylight, unlike most of the other killings, which took place at night.

* ManOnFire: [[spoiler:Turns out it takes two cannon blasts to kill an undead soldier.]]

* SpiritualSuccessor: To the ''Film/ManiacCop'' trilogy, especially by how it shows Sam in his coffin. ''MC'' trilogy ended with Matt Cordell being inside his.

* AnAxeToGrind: Mr. Crandall's death comes in form of a hatchet that was meant to be wielded by a kid dressed as UsefulNotes/GeorgeWashington.

* NiceHat: Comes with the Uncle Sam costume.

%%* BaldOfAwesome: Jed.

%%* FanService: Some brief T and A.
* FanServiceExtra: Willie spies on a woman wearing a towel, and both he and the audience get an eyeful of both sides of her when she drops it.

* RapeAsBackstory: [[spoiler:Heavily implied, but never outright stated to be the case with Sally. She tells Jody about how Sam — her ''[[BrotherSisterIncest brother]]'' — would do things to her that "even at that age, [she] knew were wrong.]]

%%* BadassMoustache: The major.

During the UsefulNotes/GulfWar, sadistic mercenary door gunner Master Sergeant Sam Harper (David Fralick) was killed along with his crew when their helicopter was shot down by friendly fire over Kuwait. Due to the seclusion of the impact site, Sam's charred corpse went undiscovered for three years, but when it was found, he randomly sprung to life and murdered two fellow soldiers, a sergeant and a major, before falling inert. After the double homicide was presumably blamed on enemy forces, Sam's body was collected and shipped to his hometown of Twin Rivers, where it was left in the possession of his family; his wife Louise, who is currently dating local Deputy Phil Burke, (Matthew Flint) and sister Sally (Leslie Neale), whose son, an awkward and extremely patriotic boy named Jody (Christopher Ogden), idolized Sam, unaware of his violent and troubled past.

As Sam's family and friends --of which includes his mentor, former sergeant Jed Crowley (Music/IsaacHayes), who regrets filling Sam's head with stories of the glories of war, pay their reluctant respects to the dead man, the town prepares for its Fourth of July celebration, which local and extremely corrupt congressman Alvin Cummings (Robert Forster) will be attending, in an attempt to salvage his public image. Unfortunately for Twin Rivers, Sam comes out of hibernation when the clock strikes midnight on July 3rd, kills a perverted man for his Uncle Sam costume, and sets about murdering all those he views as unpatriotic, including but not limited to flag burners, draft dodgers, tax evaders, stoners and slimy politicians. When Sam ultimately crashes the town's Fourth of July celebration, Jody and Jed, and a crippled boy named Barry Cronin with an inexplicable connection to Sam must work together to send the psycho soldier back to Hell.

* AffablyEvil: Slimy CorruptPolitician Alvin Cummings is quite charming in public appearances and his {{Catchphrase}} "[[CoolShades Glasses]] or [[TheGlassesComeOff no glasses]]," when asking his aide if he should wear his sunglasses or not for the press.

* AffablyEvil: Slimy CorruptPolitician Alvin Cummings is quite charming in public appearances and his {{Catchphrase}} "[[CoolShades Glasses]], or [[TheGlassesComeOff no glasses]]," when asking his aide if he should wear his sunglasses or not for the press.

* ActorAllusion: Once again, Robert Forster's character [[spoiler:[[Film/TheDeltaForce dies by getting blown up by an American soldier]]]]. Also this is Forster's [[Film/ManiacCop3BadgeOfSilence second Lustig horror film]] where his character [[spoiler:dies by first having his mouth stuffed with a gag then gets burned to death]].

* ActorAllusion: Once again, Robert Forster's character [[spoiler:[[Film/TheDeltaForce dies by getting blown up by an American soldier]]]].

[[caption-width-right:300: [- He red, white and [[{{Pun}} blew]] 'em away... -] ]]

During the UsefulNotes/GulfWar, sadistic mercenary door gunner Master Sergeant Sam Harper (David Fralick) was killed along with his crew when their helicopter was shot down by friendly fire over Kuwait. Due to the seclusion of the impact site, Sam's charred corpse went undiscovered for three years, but when it was found, he randomly sprung to life and murdered two fellow soldiers, a sergeant and a major, before falling inert. After the double homicide was presumably blamed on enemy forces, Sam's body was collected and shipped to his hometown of Twin Rivers, where it was left in the possession of his family; his wife Louise (who is currently dating local Deputy Phil Burke (Matthew Flint) and sister Sally (Leslie Neale) (whose son, an awkward and extremely patriotic boy named Jody (Christopher Ogden), idolized Sam, unaware of his violent and troubled past).

As Sam's family and friends (which includes his mentor, former sergeant Jed Crowley (Music/IsaacHayes), who regrets filling Sam's head with stories of the glories of war) pay their reluctant respects to the dead man, the town prepares for its Fourth of July celebration, which local (and extremely corrupt) congressman Alvin Cummings (Robert Forster) will be attending, in an attempt to salvage his public image. Unfortunately for Twin Rivers, Sam comes out of hibernation when the clock strikes midnight on July 3rd, kills a perverted man for his Uncle Sam costume, and sets about murdering all those he views as unpatriotic, including (but not limited to) flag burners, draft dodgers, tax evaders, stoners and slimy politicians. When Sam ultimately crashes the town's Fourth of July celebration, Jody (who had become disillusioned after learning about Sam's history) and Jed, with help from a crippled boy named Barry Cronin (who has an inexplicable connection to Sam) must work together to send the psycho soldier back to Hell.

* AntagonistTitle: Sam Harper, who is also Jody's uncle.

%%* BadassGrandpa: Jed.

* BigBrotherBully: [[spoiler:Sam was this towards his sister Sally since she was six years old. He's also heavily implied to have molested her; it's to the extent that Sally openly admits she was ''happy'' when Sam got married and moved out, because then he'd have [[DomesticAbuse someone else to victimize]].]]

* BrotherSisterIncest: It's heavily implied that [[spoiler:Sam sexually abused Sally when they were children onwards.]]

* ActorAllusion: Once again, Robert Forster's character [[spoiler:[[Film/TheDeltaForce dies by getting blown up]]]].

* DomesticAbuser: Sam would frequently beat his wife, Louise, to the extent she was actually in fear for her life.

* BigBrotherBully: [[spoiler:Sam was this towards his sister Sally since she was six years old. He's also heavily implied to have molested her.]]

As Sam's family and friends (which includes his mentor, former sergeant Jed Crowley (Creator/IsaacHayes), who regrets filling Sam's head with stories of the glories of war) pay their reluctant respects to the dead man, the town prepares for its Fourth of July celebration, which local (and extremely corrupt) congressman Alvin Cummings (Robert Forster) will be attending, in an attempt to salvage his public image. Unfortunately for Twin Rivers, Sam comes out of hibernation when the clock strikes midnight on July 3rd, kills a perverted man for his Uncle Sam costume, and sets about murdering all those he views as unpatriotic, including (but not limited to) flag burners, draft dodgers, tax evaders, stoners and slimy politicians. When Sam ultimately crashes the town's Fourth of July celebration, Jody (who had become disillusioned after learning about Sam's history) and Jed, with help from a crippled boy named Barry Cronin (who has an inexplicable connection to Sam) must work together to send the psycho soldier back to Hell.

During the UsefulNotes/GulfWar, sadistic mercenary door gunner Master Sergeant Sam Harper was killed along with his crew when their helicopter was shot down by friendly fire over Kuwait. Due to the seclusion of the impact site, Sam's charred corpse went undiscovered for three years, but when it was found, he randomly sprung to life and murdered two fellow soldiers, a sergeant and a major, before falling inert. After the double homicide was presumably blamed on enemy forces, Sam's body was collected and shipped to his hometown of Twin Rivers, where it was left in the possession of his family; his wife Louise (who is currently dating local Deputy Phil Burke) and sister Sally (whose son, an awkward and extremely patriotic boy named Jody, idolized Sam, unaware of his violent and troubled past).

As Sam's family and friends (which includes his mentor, former sergeant Jed Crowley, who regrets filling Sam's head with stories of the glories of war) pay their reluctant respects to the dead man, the town prepares for its Fourth of July celebration, which local (and extremely corrupt) congressman Alvin Cummings will be attending, in an attempt to salvage his public image. Unfortunately for Twin Rivers, Sam comes out of hibernation when the clock strikes midnight on July 3rd, kills a perverted man for his Uncle Sam costume, and sets about murdering all those he views as unpatriotic, including (but not limited to) flag burners, draft dodgers, tax evaders, stoners and slimy politicians. When Sam ultimately crashes the town's Fourth of July celebration, Jody (who had become disillusioned after learning about Sam's history) and Jed, with help from a crippled boy named Barry Cronin (who has an inexplicable connection to Sam) must work together to send the psycho soldier back to Hell.

* DomesticAbuser: Sam would frequently beat his wife, Louise.

* SociopathicSoldier: Sam was this before his death to a point he was more of a mercenary then a soldier, and he only got worse when he rose from the grave.

* BigBrotherBully: [[spoiler:Sam was this towards his sister Sally since she was six years old.]]

* FanServiceExtra: Willie spies on a woman wearing a towel, and both he and the audience get an eyeful of her when she drops it.

* GroinAttack: There were plenty of rumors that said Jed didn't just lose a leg to a landmine.

%%* PreMortemOneLiner

* TitleDrop: Since the killer is named Sam, and he's the main character's uncle, this of course happens a lot.