Movie
1990
Jacob's Ladder is a 1990 American psychological horror film directed by Adrian Lyne, produced by Alan Marshall and written by Bruce Joel Rubin. It stars Tim Robbins as Jacob Singer, an American infantryman whose experiences during his military service in Vietnam result in bizarre hallucinations. The supporting cast includes Elizabeth Peña and Danny Aiello.
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There is hardly anything more frustrating than a project that had great potential on the account of talents involved, only to be doomed from the start because of misconceived basic concept. *Jacob’s Ladder*, 1990 horror film directed by Adrian Lyne, is one of such project, one of the most disturbing and, at the same time, most underwhelming examples of the genre. The plot begins in 1971 during Vietnam War. Protagoni…More
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My thirst for "mind meddling" movies has gotten me stranded ashore at the banks of thrillers. It has become a growing challenge to find something that will truly quench my desire for mind distortion. Psychological thrillers demand my attention which takes me away and gives me a pure, untainted break from work. I remembered Jacob's Ladder, the original from the '90s. It was an exceptional movie and very raw. I wanted…More
Today, after a 10-year break, I decided to look at Jakub's Ladder again and this will be my short review. The film is very interestingly shot. This is our main hero, Jakub, who has back pain and works at the post office, lives next to his lover, although he misses children, he feels pain after the death of his son. One day, everything does not go his way when they begin to remind themselves of the events of Vietnam,…More
*Adrian Lyne's film Jacob's Ladder can be difficult to understand without knowing a bit about the Bible. Photo courtesy of Wikipedia.* #film #movies #horror #writing #cinema #bible *Caution: Spoilers Galore!* Adrian Lyne's tragic masterpiece, Jacob's Ladder , is currently streaming on Amazon Prime. It's a thinking man's horror movie, but it's also one of the best films ever made about the Vietnam War and its after e…More
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