Jacobs Ladder
Movie • 1990 • Horror
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After returning home from the Vietnam War, veteran Jacob Singer struggles to maintain his sanity. Plagued by hallucinations and flashbacks, Singer rapidly falls apart as the world and people around him morph and twist into disturbing images. His girlfriend, Jezzie, and ex-wife, Sarah, try to help, but to little avail. Even Singer's chiropractor friend, Louis, fails to reach him as he descends into madness.
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There is a divorce situation through which children don't get to interact with their father as often anymore.
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the main character shoves his girlfriend away forcefully during a flashback/ hallucination.
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A car tries to runaway a man he avoids it by running
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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There are scenes where alcohol is present (beer) and characters drink. One beer bottle spills onto the floor.
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There is a close up of a cobweb at around 17 minutes, but there is either no spider or it is so small that I haven't seen it.
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Are there snakes?
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There are tentacles
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Is there a dead animal?
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A sheep's head in a refrigerator.
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No animal is killed on or off screen. There is supposedly a scene where a sheep's head is in the fridge, but I don't remember seeing it, so it might be easy to miss.
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Is someone restrained?
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Jake is restrained and unable to move during some terrifying scenes. It's pretty intense.
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Is someone held under water?
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Not *under* water, but Jacob is forcibly held down into a bathtub of ice water to break his fever (which is dangerous and should never be attempted irl) and he's clearly in distress the whole time. His head is above water the whole time though.
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Is there shaving/cutting?
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Is there amputation?
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Does someone break a bone?
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There’s a horribly graphic shattered leg at the start
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Does someone have a seizure?
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In the beginning you see a man having a seizure. Also there is a bathtub scene and the main character somewhat looks like they’re having a seizure/convulsing for a second.
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Is someone burned alive?
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There is a car explosion and you can briefly see the man inside
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Does someone asphyxiate?
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Some people struggle to breathe at the beginning
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Is there excessive gore?
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There is a hospital scene where the main character is being rolled through a hallway that is littered with blood and guts
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Does a kid die?
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There is a scene of a small boy being hit by a truck.
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Does a major character die?
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I mean yeah he's dead the whole time
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No but someone calls someone a spazz.
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Family
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towards the end the child's bicycle is run over by a truck... with the child
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Does someone cheat?
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nobody cheats but there is talk of cheating a couple of times throughout the film
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An adult male character is hauled into a car and beaten up by other adult men.
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Does someone vomit?
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In the beginning a character vomits. The scene doesn’t last very long.
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Law Enforcement
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This whole movie is laced on anti-war and anti-government sentiments. The film itself is a creative take on the Vietnam war and its impacts on soldiers.
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Does someone attempt suicide?
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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Does someone suffer from PTSD?
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Jacob has PTSD from the war and from the death of his son
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Especially during the scene where the protagonist and his partner attend a house party.
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Are there sudden loud noises?
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there is a scene where Jacob's chyropractor causes a sudden intense flashback as he twists his neck, the scene is very startling
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Is there hate speech?
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there is offensive language spoken by the soldiers at the beginning of the film when they refer to the Vietnamese
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Does the black guy die first?
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George is the man in the beginning of the film that people believe died after he convulses and vomits. He is not dead, however, as we see him later in the film with the other Vets who survived the attack.
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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Lots of talk about being crazy and someone calls someone a spazz for dropping something.
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Debatable. Jezzie dances in very sexual ways and is shown topless. She's placed in a stereotypical 'Jezebel' role.
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there is sexual humor in the beginning of the film. there are no actual sex scenes, but there is nudity in sexual situations throughout the film as well as a very suggestive dance montage at a party.
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Are there nude scenes?
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There are the shower scene and the bath tub scene
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Is a male character ridiculed for crying?
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the main character’s girlfriend takes old pictures away from him because they made him start crying
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Is there dementia/Alzheimer's?
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There is some memory loss but it's not caused by either of those things
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[SPOILERS]While the main character dies, the movie is about him eventually accepting his death and passing on to the afterlife with his son.
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Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
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A man dressed up as Santa steals a wallet from a wounded man on the street.
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someone is chased by a car and later jumps out of a car
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Does someone drown?
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Is there gun violence?
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It’s a war film
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