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Jacob's Ladder
Jacob's Ladder is a film which draws specific conclusions on exactly what takes
place in a person right before death, and the afterlife which await them. Hell
is seen as a temporary stop where people's memories and attachments are taken
away so that they can enter heaven cleansed of their past life in order that a
new beginn ....
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.... view death and afterlife. The central
character in the film is a man by the name of Jacob Singer (Jake), who is in
Vietnam in 1971 fighting for the U.S. against the Vietcong. The film begins with
a surprise attack by the Vietcong on the American camp which started a furious
gun fight with heavy casualties. Jake is himself severely wounded in the stomach,
which as you find out later is a mortal wound of which he is dieing. The rest
of the film appears to take place over a period of days to weeks or at least
that is how Jake perceives it to be, however as far as time ....
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