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Release Date: 1990

Cast: Elizabeth Peña, Matt Craven, Patricia Kalember, S. Epatha Merkerson, Lewis Black, Anthony Alessandro, Ving Rhames, Jason Alexander, Brian Tarantina, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Danny Aiello, Brent Hinkley ...MORE

Cast: Elizabeth Peña, Matt Craven, Patricia Kalember, S. Epatha Merkerson, Lewis Black, Anthony Alessandro, Ving Rhames, Jason Alexander, Brian Tarantina, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Danny Aiello, Brent Hinkley, Evan O'Meara, Eriq La Salle, Tim Robbins ...LESS

Categories: Movies, Kafkaesque, Psychological Thriller, Horror, Drama Film, Thriller, Supernatural

Jacob's Ladder is a 1990 American psychological thriller/horror film directed by Adrian Lyne, based on a screenplay by Bruce Joel Rubin. Jacob Singer (Tim Robbins) is a U.S. soldier deployed in the Mekong Delta during the Vietnam War. When the story begins, in 1971, helicopters are passing overhead, carrying supplies for what seems to be preparations for a Viet Cong offensive. Without any warning, Jacob's unit comes under heavy fire. The soldiers try to take cover but begin to exhibit strange behavior for no apparent reason. Jacob attempts to escape the unexplained insanity, only to be... MORE

Jacob's Ladder is a 1990 American psychological thriller/horror film directed by Adrian Lyne, based on a screenplay by Bruce Joel Rubin. Jacob Singer (Tim Robbins) is a U.S. soldier deployed in the Mekong Delta during the Vietnam War. When the story begins, in 1971, helicopters are passing overhead, carrying supplies for what seems to be preparations for a Viet Cong offensive. Without any warning, Jacob's unit comes under heavy fire. The soldiers try to take cover but begin to exhibit strange behavior for no apparent reason. Jacob attempts to escape the unexplained insanity, only to be stabbed with a bayonet by an unseen attacker. The film then shifts back and forth from Vietnam to Jacob's memories (and hallucinations) of his son Gabe (Macaulay Culkin) and former wife Sarah (Patricia Kalember), and to his present (set in 1975) relationship with a woman named Jezzie (Elizabeth Peña) while working as a mailman in Brooklyn, New York City. During this latter period, Jacob faces several threats to his life and experiences grotesque hallucinations. It is also revealed that his son Gabe was hit by a car and killed before Jacob went to Vietnam. At a key moment, Jacob's friend and LESS