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Jacob's Ladder (1990)
Rate:
4
Viewed:
10/11
10/11:
Great, Jacob's Ladder is a dream piece.
I can never stand these films. Adrian Lyne makes an unusual escape from the cycle of either attempting to recapture the
magic from 9½ Weeks or letting adulterous affairs get out of hand.
But this Jacob's Ladder...is waste of my time. I managed to survive it because of Tim Robbins' goofy faces and the
pretty Elizabeth Peña. He's why the movie is funny to watch even though it's meant to be horror.
A point is docked from the rating because it contains Macaulay Culkin (to this day, I still can't remember how to spell
his name correctly) who's oddly uncredited. There's a lot of manipulation going on. Hence, I stopped taking the
film seriously anymore after witnessing a few instances.
All in all, Jacob's Ladder needs to have a disclaimer at the front of the DVD cover: "It's a dream movie, okay?
P.S. It's meant to waste your time, too."