Jacob´s Ladder

Released - 1990
Genre - Horror, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Director - Adrian Lyne
Starring - Tim Robbins, Danny Aiello, Elizabeth Pena, Patricia Kalember

Jacob´s Ladder is expertly shot and directed, with outstanding acting throughout, it is a disturbing film which is pretty much unrivalled in it´s slow and mesmerising portrayal of a man whose life is slowly torn apart. Jacob is a Vietnam veteran living a dreary urban existence and suffering from a mysterious illness which seems to be eating at his mental health. The action flits poetically between present day events and painful memories to create an impressively powerful and thought provoking work. This is both deeply unsettling and wonderfully clever.

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