Even Singer’s chiropractor friend, Louis (Danny Aiello), fails to reach him as he descends into madness. Produced by Alan Marshall ( Angel Heart , Basic Instinct , Showgirls ), Jacob’s Ladder ...

You’ve obviously already had Jacob’s Ladder’s ending spoiled by literally dozens of podcast episodes, but still! You can now spend 113 watching Tim Robbins slowly die!

David M. Rosenthal’s remake of “Jacob’s Ladder” doesn’t have the same ambition as Lyne’s 1990 film, but it does re-use much of the same imagery to tell a vaguely similar story.

The angels descend on a ladder, because they want to see whether the earthly Jacob — the one who lies there sleeping and dreaming — has the same face as the heavenly Jacob. And then, they ...