Jacob's Ladder (1990)

To put it simply, "Jacob's Ladder" is one of the most powerful and thought-provoking films I have ever bore witness to. It's one of those films where after viewing it you feel changed in some inexplicable way. Leading character Jacob Singer is a Vietnam vet back in the states who's experiencing some very surreal and realistic flashbacks of his time in the war. He's also seeing all sorts of weird shit that has him seriously considering whether or not his sanity has packed it's bags and left him for good. To reveal too much of the plot would in a sense to give some stuff away, so I'll keep that aspect of the review to a bare minimum. Director Adrian Lyne creates a simply superb hallucinatory atmosphere that's constantly leaving the viewer to question exactly what the fuck is going on, but it's all done in a good way. Certain images in this film are just breathtaking, such as the fade out shot of Jacob lying in the tub with a single tear tricking from his eye to the nightmarish hospital scene (love that one gurney wheel that spins round and round) and on and on. Certain films take repeat viewings to take it all in, and this is definitely one of them. "Jacob's Ladder" is a simply terrific film, and a perennial favorite here in the Hallowed Halls of the Apocalypse. A must see film.