Jacobs Ladder
Movie • 1990 • Drama
ReportAfter 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.
This movie contains 59 potentially triggering events.
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Is an animal sad?
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Mentions of monkeys forcefully taken out of the wild and being thrown in a harmful experiment
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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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Is someone stalked?
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A car tries to runaway a man he avoids it by running
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Edenlebedev
the main character shoves his girlfriend away forcefully during a flashback/ hallucination.
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Does the abused become the abuser?
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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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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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Are animals abused?
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Mentions of monkeys being drugged and killing each other as a result.
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Is there a dead animal?
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A sheep's head in a refrigerator.
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Are there spiders?
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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 someone held under water?
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petezaparti
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 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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Bodily Harm
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the protagonist is seen shaving his face
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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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Is there amputation?
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There isn't explicit on-screen amputation, but there are multiple parts where you can see people with severely damaged limbs, as well as amputated body parts strewn around
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Does someone asphyxiate?
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petezaparti
Some people struggle to breathe at the beginning
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Does someone break a bone?
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Sid
There’s a horribly graphic shattered leg at the start
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Does someone have a seizure?
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Barbie9927
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 there excessive gore?
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Worstpopcorn
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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Death
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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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Is a child's toy destroyed?
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towards the end the child's bicycle is run over by a truck... with the child
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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 cheat?
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nobody cheats but there is talk of cheating a couple of times throughout the film
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Gross
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Barbie9927
In the beginning a character vomits. The scene doesn’t last very long.
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Law Enforcement
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mudpocalypse
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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Are needles/syringes used?
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A needle is pierced into a character's forehead.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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Does someone die by suicide?
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Does someone suffer from PTSD?
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Sid
Jacob has PTSD from the war and from the death of his son
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Are there sudden loud noises?
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FennByers
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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Are there flashing lights or images?
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mudpocalypse
Especially during the scene where the protagonist and his partner attend a house party.
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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IndigoBlue14
Lots of talk about being crazy and someone calls someone a spazz for dropping something.
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Does the black guy die first?
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teethforhair
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 hate speech?
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teethforhair
there is offensive language spoken by the soldiers at the beginning of the film when they refer to the Vietnamese
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There are the shower scene and the bath tub scene
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Is someone sexually objectified?
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IndigoBlue14
Debatable. Jezzie dances in very sexual ways and is shown topless. She's placed in a stereotypical 'Jezebel' role.
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Is there sexual content?
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teethforhair
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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Is a male character ridiculed for crying?
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yoloswag
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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petezaparti
There is some memory loss but it's not caused by either of those things
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Is someone homeless?
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There is a homeless man sleeping on the subway in the beginning of the film
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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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Does it have a sad ending?
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Anonymous
[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 someone hit by a car?
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teethforhair
someone is chased by a car and later jumps out of a car
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Does someone drown?
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Edenlebedev
someone doesn't drown but there is a bathtub scene that might be somewhat triggering as he is being forced down into the bathtub
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Is there gun violence?
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Sid
It’s a war film
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