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Uncle Sam

1996 · 90 min · Director: William Lustig ★ IMDb 4.7 · 4,368 ratings

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It's Fourth of July Weekend, and the recently discovered corpse of Sgt. Sam Harper rises from the dead to punish the unpatriotic.

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Uncle Sam (1996) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Fear 30%, Tension 25%, Disturbing 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Fear30%
  2. Anger15%

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The strongest emotional signals are Fear, Tension, Disturbing. Genres: Comedy, Horror. AI estimate.

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Emotional journey

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  • Tension
  • Disturbing
  • Sadness

Not enough subtitle evidence

No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Disturbing

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Tension

Tension
Disturbing
Sadness
Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 23 %, then peaks around 88 %, then dips around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionDisturbingSadness
2.5 %≈ 2′Disturbing50 %43 %40 %27 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Sadness41 %31 %24 %29 %
12.5 %≈ 11′Sadness38 %25 %16 %34 %
17.5 %≈ 16′Sadness35 %21 %20 %27 %
22.5 %≈ 20′Humor34 %18 %24 %16 %
27.5 %≈ 25′Humor37 %16 %23 %19 %
32.5 %≈ 29′Sadness46 %16 %25 %36 %
37.5 %≈ 34′Sadness50 %21 %29 %45 %
42.5 %≈ 38′Sadness51 %36 %31 %30 %
47.5 %≈ 43′Tension64 %59 %41 %13 %
52.5 %≈ 47′Tension64 %57 %38 %15 %
57.5 %≈ 52′Sadness53 %41 %30 %23 %
62.5 %≈ 56′Tension50 %41 %34 %15 %
67.5 %≈ 61′Tension51 %43 %36 %20 %
72.5 %≈ 65′Sadness60 %48 %48 %44 %
77.5 %≈ 70′Tension69 %60 %60 %50 %
82.5 %≈ 74′Disturbing74 %70 %65 %39 %
87.5 %≈ 79′Tension80 %78 %61 %24 %
92.5 %≈ 83′Tension74 %63 %46 %21 %
97.5 %≈ 88′Sadness60 %35 %37 %35 %
Riches to rags

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

D"
David "Shark" Fralick

D"
David "Shark" Fralick

Master Sergeant Sam Harper

CO
Christopher Ogden

CO
Christopher Ogden

Jody Baker

LN
Leslie Neale

LN
Leslie Neale

Sally Baker

MF
Matthew Flint

MF
Matthew Flint

Deputy Phil Burke

AT
Anne Tremko

Timothy Bottoms

Donald Crandall

TG
Tim Grimm

TG
Tim Grimm

Ralph

P. J. Soles

Madge Cronin

TM
Tom McFadden

Mac Cronin

ZM
Zachary McLemore

Barry Cronin

MP
Morgan Paull

Mayor

RC
Richard Cummings Jr.

Dan

Robert Forster

Congressman Alvin Cummings

FP
Frank Pesce

Barker

JA
Jason Adelman

Jesse Colbert

LA
Laura Alcalde

Park Mother

RA
Raquel Alessi

Girl Student

Details

Directed by
William Lustig
Written by
Larry Cohen
Type
Movies
Released
1996
Runtime
90 min
Country
United States of America
Genres
Comedy, Horror
Ratings
★ IMDb 4.7 · 4,368 ratings
Feels mostly
Fear
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