Jacob's Ladder | 
| Director: Adrian Lyne
Actors: Tim Robbins, Elizabeth Pena, Danny Aiello, Matt Craven, Pruitt Taylor Vince
Studio: Lions Gate
Category: DVD
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Rating:  192 reviews
Sales Rank: 3524
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd, Special Edition, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
DVD Layers: 2
DVD Sides: 1
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 115 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: IVED60458D
ISBN: 0784011168
UPC: 012236045809
EAN: 9780784011164
ASIN: 0784011168
Theatrical Release Date: November 2, 1990
Release Date: July 14, 1998
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Amazon.com
Vietnam veteran Jacob Singer (Tim Robbins) thinks he is going insane. Or worse. When his nightmares begin spilling into his waking hours, Jacob believes he is experiencing the aftereffects of a powerful drug tested on him during Vietnam. Or perhaps his posttraumatic stress disorder is worse than most. Whatever is happening to him, it is not good. Director Adrian Lyne sparks our interest and maintains high production values, but this confusing film chokes on its "surprise" ending. It owes much to Ambrose Bierce's haunting and more straightforward story, "An Occurrence at Owl Creek." Written by Bruce Joel Rubin, who also explored the "other side" in Ghost and My Life, it ultimately feels like an exercise in self-indulgence. A spirited performance by Elizabeth Pena outshines Robbins, who is surprisingly lethargic. --Rochelle O'Gorman
Product Description
Jacob a vietnam veteran cant help but wonder if hes already dead and if his dark existence is merely a hallucination. Studio: Lions Gate Home Ent. Release Date: 09/05/2006 Starring: Tim Robbins Mccauley Caulkin Run time: 116 minutes Rating: R Director: Adrian Lyne
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 Acceptance... June 26, 2009
Bindy Sue Fronkuenschtein (under the rubble)
Jacob Singer (Tim Robbins from The Shawshank Redemption and War Of The Worlds) is a very troubled man. His life is filled with flashbacks, nightmares, visions, omens, and portents. Oh yeah, and those hideous demons he keeps seeing. Is he suffering from post traumatic stress from his Viet Nam days? Is he losing his mind? Or worse, is he caught up in something supernatural, with implications beyond his deepest fears? Jacob has no idea. He is simply adrift in this hell-world. The clues are all around him, but we'll have to go through his ordeal with him, in order to witness the solution. JACOB'S LADDER is one of the best movies of its kind. If you enjoy using your brain once in a while, then you should love it. Watch for Ving Rhames (Pulp Fiction, Dawn Of The Dead), Pruitt Taylor Vince (Captivity), and a young Macaulay Culkin (The Good Son). Highly recommended...
Great movie, great story, great effects June 11, 2009
A. Recabarren
I loved this movie! Right from the beginning, it was able to grab my attention and keep it. One of the few movies I could watch over and over again. Even with some disturbing scenes, my mom even liked it. It has a deep message, very touching. The Amazon.com review says it "chokes on its 'surprise' ending", but after watching the other endings from the special features menu, it's really the best ending they could have gone with. Definitely recommend this movie for fans of the Silent Hill stories.
3.5 stars out of 4 June 10, 2009
One-Line Film Reviews (Ann Arbor)
The Bottom Line:
An extremely dark mind-bender of a film, Jacob's Ladder wallows in the depths of paranoia, with seemingly every shot containing something sinister or something lurking beneath the surface; watching it isn't necessarily a "fun" experience, but if you like movies that make you think or make you scared, you could hardly do better than this twisted 1990 film from the director of Fatal Attraction.
 The individual scenes are good, but as a whole, it disappoints April 4, 2009
Genevieve Hayes (Australia)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Jake Singer (Tim Robbins) is a Vietnam Veteran who starts hallucinating demons in the world around him and soon becomes convinced that they are real.
If you took an individual scene from "Jacob's Ladder" and watched it on its own, then you would find a well-made, well acted piece of cinema with disturbing effects that still look pretty scary, even almost 20 years after this film was first released. However, looking at this movie as a whole, it's an irrational mess with an ending that nullifies its very existence... And speaking of the ending, if you can't see it coming within about half an hour of the film's commencement, then you're probably a little on the slow side. "Jacob's Ladder" has earned an almost "classic" status over the years and has been much ripped-off (for example, in "Soul Survivors"), although I have no idea why. Even if you do enjoy this film, as with many films that lead the audience to a "surprise" ending, once you know the ending, the enjoyment value of repeat viewings is much diminished. Such being the case, I doubt I will ever bother to watch "Jacob's Ladder" again. This is definitely one to rent, not buy.
 Bad Movie but it Fools a Lot of Psuedo Intelectuals March 30, 2009
R. M. Williamson (RIDGEWOOD, NJ United States)
0 out of 9 found this review helpful
OK, O Stone is at it again with another make it up as you go along film. Here it is, the guy gets shot in Vietnam and is dying. He proceeds to have hallucinations and dreams as he (and the movie) die for the next hour or so. None of it makes sense and yet people try to read conspiracies and secret government plans into it. It'all a dream and then he dies. Do not watch this film it's time you will never get back.
rmw
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