Jacob's Ladder (1990)

Jacob's Ladder is some freaky shit as a movie, otherwise, at its origin, it is a religious concept that appeared in the book of Genesis. It is supposed to be a sort of bridge between heaven and earth.



Lead by Tim Robbins, Jacob's Ladder is the story of Jacob a Viet Nam vet who comes back from the war with a little more baggage than he thought.

He starts feeling scared, he is followed by dangerous mysterious people.
He has nightmares.

The whole thing is like the poster.

You are thrown with Jacob in a world of distorted visions.
And it's really impressive. Emotion wise you are in a constant state of anguish throughout the whole movie.

Robbin's interpretation is top notch.
But I would give all the credit to the Director on this one: Adrian Lyne (9 &/2 weeks, Fatal Attraction).
Given the result, I am not sure than any other person could have done the same movie based on the script from Bruce Joel Rubin

It is also a very interesting story about the ordeals of a certain group of Viet-Nam vets. But I don't wont to spoil the movie.
It's a little gem.
Oh, and forget about having dinner while you watch this one.
And don't do what I did, don't watch it alone, at night, and try to go to sleep right after.