Uncle Sam (1996) – William Lustig.

When sociopathic K.I.A soldier, Sam Harper's grotesquely charred body is finally returned home, his naive nephew's ardent hero-worship providing a catalyst for Harper's sinisterly vengeful return, whereupon he viciously eliminates all the anti-American, yellow-bellied commie subversives in his home town! Maniac Cop director (Lustig) and writer (Larry Cohen) unleash another entertainingly bloody supernatural slasher with the blackly sardonic Uncle Sam. As a bravura throwback to the gory daze of wanton, 80s-style slaughter, Lustig's Gung Ho gore grenade still proudly raises the freak flag for take-no-prisoners, plasma-plastered carnage! Omitting the audacious sleaze of Maniac, and more overtly satirical than Maniac Cop, Uncle Sam's ironical approach to slice n' dice is certainly memorable, if not an out-and-out chunkblower. I felt Uncle Sam's stronger elements were the solid performances, Cohen's playful text, and Isaac Hayes's melancholic veteran provided some unexpectedly genuine pathos, no neglected masterpiece, but Lustig's red white and grue body bag stuffer remains eerily relevant.