Jacob's Ladder

Jacob's Ladder

  • Director: Adrian Lyne
  • Countries of origin: United States
  • Language: English
  • Release date: November 2, 1990
  • Sound mix: Dolby SR
  • Aspect ratio: 1.85 : 1
  • Also known as: Jacobova ljestvica uzasa
  • "Jacobs Ladder" is a horror film directed by Adrian Lyne, starring Tim Robbins and Elizabeth Pena, which was released in 1990.
    The film tells the story of a soldier who had returned home from the Vietnam War and found that he had suffered from the sequelae of mental problems and often had the illusion of being hunted down.

    Details

    • Release date November 2, 1990
    • Filming locations Puerto Rico
    • Production companies Carolco Pictures

    Box office

    Budget

    $25,000,000 (estimated)

    Gross US & Canada

    $26,118,851

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $7,500,760

    Gross worldwide

    $26,118,851

    Movie reviews

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    • By Obie 2022-12-21 06:25:48

      She said-only see Jacob, but not heaven. (Related part of Ling Zhi's movie)

      Reference movie for this article:

      Death Illusion (2001)
    • By Isom 2022-12-16 12:51:16

      Floating in another world

      Some people say that this film has a good idea, but the degree of completion is not high. My opinion is exactly the opposite. The script of this film is extremely simple, but it has too much development and is too scattered. It seems to be a psychedelic rock music, which makes people feel at a loss.
       
      In my opinion, all flashbacks are unnecessary. It is enough to point out the boundary between fantasy and reality at the end of the film. When he dies on the battlefield, the audience...

    • By Elda 2022-12-14 23:57:27

      Emotional movies that lack a plot basis

      Tim Robbins plays a Vietnam War veteran plagued by nightmares in this psychological thriller. Written by Bruce Joel Rubin ("Ghosts") and directed by Adrian Lane ("Fatal Attraction," "The Flash Dance"), the lead actor wanders between dreams, memories, hallucinations and supernatural visions. Various problems also emerged.


      Watching guide:

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    • By Amparo 2022-12-14 20:51:09

      Hallucinogens: Another Possibility of the Dualism of Body & Mind

      It is very sad for pampered children to see it as science fiction, psychological and even war movies. This is the conscious world constructed by the hallucinogen bad trip and the dying experience, with intertwined emotions, ritual religious elements and experiences, chaotic space and time. You can't tell the truth from the false, you forget your role, the meaning of existence and pursuit, and all kinds of philosophical and mysterious questions in your mind are reverberating. Just when...

    • By Dahlia 2022-12-09 20:28:51

      Jacob's Ladder

      I don’t know why the movie’s name is translated into Space-Time Intercept. It looks like a sci-fi movie at first glance, but when you look closely, it turns out to be a thriller, which reveals the inner trauma caused by the war with subtle twists and turns.
        
      Jacob's Ladder-literally translated as Jacob's Ladder, started from a concept familiar to people who understand Western civilization or religion-Jacob's Ladder.
        
      In Genesis 28:11-19 in the Bible, Jacob...

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    • By Aurelia 2023-09-14 09:10:15

      It is also a frequent death experience, and it is also a spiritual activity about self-salvation, but with the addition of ghosts and bloody images, the atmosphere becomes more weird and scary; the concept of repeated switching of different worlds in the film was carried forward in the later Silent Hill; Facing fear is the only way to overcome it, and the devil loves to chase those who run...

    • By Garth 2023-09-14 08:49:08

      If you see the label of horror in the future, you will have to think twice. . . . . It feels like the pioneering work of this...

    • By Krystal 2023-08-15 06:40:56

      I want too much, a while the Vietnam War, PTSD, a father-son relationship, IT, and eavesdropping in the 1970s. There are a few well done thriller sequences, Subway and...

    • By Marcelino 2023-07-28 11:47:16

      During the Vietnam War, American high-level officials gave American soldiers a hallucinogenic poison—ladders, hoping to improve their combat effectiveness and not want to lose control and kill each other. The movie expands the imagination, if these soldiers are alive, 20 years later they will recall those terrible years in trance hallucinations. Just like the face of the devil, it is like a shadow... This film was shot by the director to reflect on the Vietnam...

    • By Junius 2023-07-21 22:23:18

      I really saw it. ....

    Movie plot

    A soldier ( Tim Robbins ) who had returned home from the Vietnam War found himself suffering from the sequelae of a mental problem and often had the illusion of being hunted down. Whenever there was a critical moment of life and death, he would come back alive in another time and space, thinking about the past. The nightmare encounter that happened, but then he was awakened in the real world again, so he seemed to be living in two...
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    Movie quotes

    • Jezebel: Well, personally, I never went for church names.

      [Jacob laughs]

      Jezebel: What?

      Jacob Singer: Where do you think Jezebel came from?

      Jezebel: No one calls me that.

      Jacob Singer: You're such a heathen, Jezzie. How'd I ever get involved with such a fuckin' ninny?

      Jezebel: You sold your soul, remember? That's what you told me.

      Jacob Singer: Yeah? For what?

      Jezebel: A good lay.

      Jacob Singer: Look what I got.

      JezebelJacob Singer: The best.

    • Jacob's Doctor: You're a lucky guy, Jake. You must have friends in high places.

    • Army Officer: Mr. Singer. What an appropriate name for a man who can't keep his mouth shut.