Jacob’s Ladder (1990) Revue – The most frightening things Cinemax

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Directed by Adrian Lyne

Tim Robbins gives an excellent performance as a paranoid veteran and psychologically fractured of the Vietnam War in the grip of nightmares in Adrian Lyne Jacob scaleBeautifully restored in 4K for a theatrical race.

Official synopsis

Jacob Singer (Tim Robbins), a veteran of the Vietnam War is tormented by disturbing hallucinations and traumatic flashbacks, struggles to maintain his mental health while his terrible past invades his awakened life. While the girlfriend Jezzie (Elizabeth Peña) and the friend Chiropratician Louis (Danny Aiello) try to help him find the balance, Jacob does not go down further in madness and despair.

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The psychological thriller / the horror function of the director Adrian Lyne Jacob scale Do not skimp on style – as you can expect from the person who also managed Fatal attraction And Flashdance – But he also has a lot to chew, from his considerations of metaphysics and religion to his comments concerning the treatment of soldiers and veterans of Vietnam to whom and what is “real” and “not real” in his casualness.

Tim Robbins is also fantastic emotionally and psychologically doctoral, veterinarian and jacob post office. His journey from the battlefield and beyond is a turn to tearing, cooling and surrealist. The rest of the distribution is also of first order, including Elizabeth Peña as a girlfriend Jezzie and Danny Aiello as an angelic chiropractor Louis.

The scenes are non -linear and disjointed. Jacob scale is the type of film that viewers just need to follow for the ride and consider what is happening over the film. I do not want to enter the territory of spoiler because even if it was published 35 years ago, there are viewers like me who see it for the first time during its 4K restoration race – and the catering work is fantastic.

The end is, in my opinion, telegraphy early. Just say that Jacob scale has parallels with a new classic which has been transformed into an equally classic short film which was broadcast as an episode of the original The twilight zone series. It was an update of this idea for an audience from 1990, and it resists today with its paranoid conspiracy thriller elements. Finely directed and wonderfully acted, and with a superb new presentation, Jacob scale is a reference edge of genre films.

Rialto images presents a whole new 4K restoration of Jacob scale, Who knew its world premiere at the American Cinematheque’s Beyond Fest in Los Angeles on September 28, 2025 and will open the IFC center in New York on Friday October 3, with a national deployment to follow.

PHOTOS GRACESTITED: Rialto Pictures / Studiocanal

Review by Joseph Perry