Tim Robbins, Elizabeth Peņa, Danny Aiello
A Vietnam veteran suffers from the belated impact of government sanctioned LSD experiments.
DVD Release Date: August 21, 2001
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Flixster Reviews (2,642)
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April 16, 2009Jacob's Ladder is a film that has been harmed by countless retreads over the years. Each of them has often failed to live up to this wonderful psychedelic thriller. It concentrates on a man haunted by his experiences in Vietnam. As he tries to live his life he is plagued by sinis...( read more)
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February 3, 2009A Vietnam War veteran (Tim Robbins) starts seeing demonic faces and hallucinating, while at the same time some of his old army buddies are turning up dead. He becomes paranoid that the Washington brass are hiding a secret revolving around the day he was wounded as his squad was ...( read more)
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October 21, 2009It definitely has its good moments, but needlessly confusing, and the ending completely negates the whole film. The performances are good, especially Elizabeth Pena, but the film has too much pretentiousness to it.
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October 18, 2009i really want to see this movie because it was inspired the silent hill developers to make it this style
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September 28, 2009Una pellicola sorprendente. Adrian Lyne, che nella sua carriera ci ha abituato ad atmosfere erotiche e patinate questa volta si cimenta in un oscuro thriller-horror con scene ambientate addirittura nella guerra in Vietnam. Visivamente fa pensare a Cronenberg, per il ritmo e le at...( read more)
Critic Reviews
January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
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September 27, 2007That is as big a spoiler as you could make. It doesn't just ruin the ending, but the entire film for anyone who hasn't seen it. Good going, mate.
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March 14, 2007this is my favorite movie of all times, hands down. the message in the movie is so intense. its not about the drugs they were given, or the war, its about ones personal journey through death. the ending is beautiful, if you get it.
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