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Isaac Hayes surrounds himself in the foul stench of mediocrity by showing up in this movie. Isaac Hayes kept this movie afloat with a solid performance as the former soldier who has to save everyone from the wrath of Sam. The director seemed to have issues with the protesters of Vietnam as a former soldier by the name of Sam comes back to life to kill the non-patriotic Americans. I am a sucker for straight to video horror movies with a funny tagline. This movie satisfied that part of me. But I want the person who ends up killing everyone to make funny one-liners after he kills them. Uncle Sam failed to satisfy this requirement. The only thing that kept me laughing was Isaac Hayes. With the great tagline of "uncle sam wants you...dead!", I thought this movie had the potential of being a personal favorite of mine. Unfortunately, it did not. It was good, but not great. I give this movie a 6 out of 10, and if you want to see Isaac Hayes in all his glory, go rent it today!

Oh boy, where do I begin. Lets see, we have a superhero (I use this term loosely)named Neil who possesses the power of the puma. I ask you this, since when do puma's fly? Well, this pumaman is a whinny pathetic superhero who cant even fly correctly. He has his butt sticking way up in the air! Now, the man who helps him realize this power is a woodsprite named Vadinho. Actually, he is a Aztec Priest who claims that "each man is a God, each man is free!" If each man is a God, what does that make the Gods? Vadinho spends his free time chasing after Neil in an attempt to convince him of his powers. Eventually, after tossing Neil the Puma belt (I apologize on behalf of this movie) which enables him to fly, Neil realizes that he is the ferocious Pumaman, and is destined to fight crime. These two battle Dr. Cobras who was played by the late Donald Pleasance. Cobras has this special parking meter that can control the thoughts and actions of anyone he wants. His goal is to control Neil's thoughts so he can kill himself. I dont want to talk anymore about the plot because I am getting sick! All I can say is that MST3k saved this movie, otherwise I would have never watched it. I give it a 10 if you watch the MST3k version, and a 2 if you watch the original version. If you are going to watch it, I hope you make the right decision.

To all those superheros out there, I ask you this: "Can you play the saxophone and fight crime all in one day?" Director Nick Daniel brings a fresh new look to an overplayed theme of superheroes. Using his sheer brilliance, Daniel created the character Jonny Domino, aka Nightman, who is an amazing saxophone player but is "tuned to the frequency of evil." Domino is able to hear the plans of criminals, so he built a crime fighting suit that makes him look like a cross between Robocop and the Pumaman. I love this show but because it is only showed after 12am, I hardly get to watch it. I give this show a 10!