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Sure: this episode deviates greatly from our two main characters, Mando and Grogu, so those who expect to these two fan favorites in EVERY frame of the show, are going to be DEEPLY disappointed. For us who would like to know MORE about the Star Wars universe, specially what happened to cities like Couroscant after the Empire's fall, "The Convert" will be a fascinating episode. Some imperial officers who peacefully surrendered are given amnesty (like in a REAL war) and are assigned jobs, mostly ones that have nothing to do with the applicant's background.

In this episode we meet again with Dr. Pershing, who we last saw briefly in the first season of the series, doing some odd experiments on Baby Yoda (no one knew his real name at this point). Apparently, Dr. Pershing was on the verge of cloning Baby Yoda but was interrupted by Mando.

Now in Couroscant, Pershing is assigned a desk job, boring him out of his skull. He firmly believes his research could actually benefit the New Republic, but his advise falls on deaf ears.

The few scenes we see with Mando and Grogu are full of action, just like the previous 2 episodes.

I applaud the writers for daring to make a slower paced but highly interesting episode. Not everyone watching "The Mandalorian" is an 8 year old kid and me as a grown up deeply enjoyed this episode because it shows another face of the New Republic and how some things work in order to keep its society in line.

Those who complain probably want to see their Grogu doll and Mando action figure in every frame. Sorry guys, go to your backyards and play with your toys next time. Let the grown ups have some fun too!

M. Night Shyamalan tricked us again with a lame, half assed finale, with tons of questions left lingering and never answered. The servant, Leanne, the beautiful Young Aidee to the turners was always weird and creepy and in the end, she goes full blown "Carrie", killing herself by burning down the house.

Out of all of this, I got lost about the child, Jericho. Was he saved or did he burned too?

The series were damn good, kept you interested for 4 years and to have it end like it did, it gives me a great disappointment.

We know she escaped from the cult because "something" happened, yet we never truly know WHAT happened? Was she abused? There are little hints here and there that she didn't like her parents.

Why?

Then she ends up having powers, like cutting the street in front of the house in half. Why? The REAL nut case was Dorothy, a mother who murdered her newborn son by leaving him locked up in her SUV car. Who does that? She should have been sent to a psychiatric ward, charged with manslaughter but no, she gets off the hook easy. She is definitely mentally ill and needs a baby doll to take care of in the absence of her real son.

All of the sudden, Leanne is the bad guy. Why, why would she kill herself? To please the hideous cult? To please the turners? Did she become an agent of Satan?

Though well directed, acted and produced, the finale was a let down and that drawing on the wall that Julian sees in the end, sorry but I didn't get it.

In a nutshell, "Servant" is a compelling series overall, despite its ultra lame ending. It's worth watching and it is a proof that Apple TV Plus is churning out quality material on par with Netflix, Prime Video and HBO.

Yellowstone is a terrific show! It's like a westernized version of "Game Of Thrones" to some extent. Yet, the one thing that I still can't make sense out of it is Jaime Dutton. He is mostly a universally despised character, although I'd like that "award" to go to Beth Dutton.

It seems very few people have asked themselves why Jaime is the way he is. He was, after all raised by the Duttons but always treated unfairly and out of favor compared to his other siblings.

Why on earth would John Dutton adopt the son of a junkie couple and raise him as his own only to treat him like garbage and as a pawn in his power machinations? Was there a "need" for the Duttons to adopt a child? They had (at the time) plenty kids of their own so why take another one from such a white trash couple? It just doesn't add up (until now). The writers need to fill in the blanks about Jaime's backstory before the series is over.

If Jaime is the way he is, it is certainly NOT because of his biological parents but because of the way the Dutton's raised him. It is unfair to say he's bad just for the sake of it. Beth has more evil in her that 10 Jaimes piled up together.

Jaime is the ticking time bomb of the show and at the same time, despite his treatment by his "Dad", John Dutton, he still tries to advice him about the danger of going up against a corporate giant.

At some point, John Dutton's Ill will towards Jaime and his headstrong stubbornness will back fire. If it doesn't, then the writers aren't doing their job right.

I was never (in my youth anyway) a fan of westerns. They looked boring and pathetic. As I grew older, a new appreciation for the genre arose, and with it, the quality of the material improved considerably. Obviously, "Dances With Wolves" comes to mind but "Yellowstone" feels like a more fully realized "Wyatt Earp", a personal favorite and ironically, both films feature Kevin Costner.

In "Yellowstone", Costner plays John Dutton, a wealthy rancher who owns an impressive size of land he calls "his ranch". The actual size is never mention, but it could easily be the size of a small country. John has 3 sons: his schizophrenic but loving daughter Beth, his youngest son, Kayce, a laid back rancher whose also happens to be an experienced navy officer married to a beautiful Indian girl, and Jaime, the adopted son that sadly gets pushed away.

It's the only part of the story that has never been fully explained. If he is not "liked" as an adopted son (something he found out by being Diatrict attorney), why was he adopted in the first place. Sure, he did a terrible thing to Beth in order to get her an abortion when she was a teenager and this has been the source of Beth's utter hatred of Jaime, who is NOT a bad guy .

"Yellowstone" draws influences from many shows and movies: "The Godfather", "The Sopranos", "Dynasty", "Game Of Thrones", and Kevin Costner's western hits like "Wyatt Earp" and "Dances With Wolves", but it still manages to have a story all its own and manages to keep the audiences interested.

Definitely one of the best shows on streaming right now, The views of Montana's wilderness are breathtaking! I urge you to see this epic show now. It might be slow in some parts, but it grows on you as well as the characters. 9 out of 10!

"Rest In Peace" a great season finale, but a mediocre SERIES finale at best. For starters, I love "The Walking Dead", sat through all of its 177 episodes spanning 11 years, made it through its boring seasons and eagerly awaited for answers. What answers? What happened to Rick and Michoone? What caused the dead to become apparently living? Was it chemical warfare? Was it something from outer space? Why wasn't anyone looking for a cure? Why isn't anyone immune? The producers expect us to find those answers in the splintered series. Is The Walking Dead over? No, it's not. Those scenes with Rick and Michoone at the end felt forced at best. The producers knew they would get angry fans if Rick and Michoone didn't appear, but you'd think them appearing would wrap things up and it didn't.

Sure, wholeheartedly enjoyed the episode and the quality in the final third of season 11 really picked up, but it was all recycled stuff: our heroes vs other human villains. The REAL walking dead (the zombies) became an afterthought since season 5 or 6. The real threat was always OTHER humans, every single time. The story had so much to offer and I think the writers wrote themselves into a corner. So no, "Rest In Peace" was as fake as a finale can get? Real finales? "The Sopranos" and "Breaking Bad" come to mind. Yes they had prequels but never sequels (unless you consider the entirety of "Better Call Saul" a 'sequel').

"The Walking Dead" changes its name to "Dead City" when in reality it smells more like "The Walking Dead" season 12. Let's see if Rick and Michoone return (which is most likely).

I'll be dead honest here: however great "Better Call Saul" was, "Breaking Bad" is still the better of the two... but not by much. A more carefully paced show, "Better Call Saul" was more about character archs and clever pacing. It's a show that (for me at least) took some time to get its rhythm. Once I got it, I savored it like a fine wine.

The show's finale, "Saul Gone" is a masterclass in tv writing and direction. It ended on a bittersweet note but with our protagonist alive and redeemed, even though he will be behind bars for the rest of his life. He manages to get the only woman he truly loves, Kim wexler, off the hook (at least for some time) and trades a 7 year prison term for an 86 one in the process.

The acting, the cinematography, the script, the direction is so superb, it puts some current movies out in theaters to shame. It's incredible how recent TV shows can now easily surpass big budgeted Hollywood productions.

I'll miss the whole "Breaking Bad" universe but Seriously doubt it will remain silent for long, despite its creators having said the contrary.

Goodbye Saul Goodman!

The finale of season 3 of "The Boys" was incredible! Many IMDb user complained: "it's inconclusive", "it's a cash grab", "why did Butcher Interfere".

Inconclusive? Want to know the meaning of "inconclusive"? Go watch "Avengers Endgame". Wasn't that "the end"??? Yet, Disney keeps pouring new marvel stuff at every corner.

Cash grab? Marvel again and at some point (and it hurts me to say this) even "Star Wars". You think explicit gore, foul language by the second and almost explicit sex is a "cash grab"??? Oh boy, you're all high on V Compound!

Why did Butcher save Ryan, Homelander's and his dead wife's kid? Because we're in the middle of his arch, first as a devil may care bastard, hellbent on killing the guy who raped his wife and made her have a son, but at the same time Butcher promised his dying wife that he would look out for the kid, raise him and prevent him from becoming another Homelander. Butcher truly likes the kid, much to his dismay. Still, he saved him from Soldier boy, who is supposed to be Homelander's father and thus, the kid's grandfather, something that Soldier Boy cares for nothing.

Homelander saw Butcher save Ryan and respected that so much that he didn't even think of killing him.

Still, Homelander is the baddie here and Butcher must avoid Ryan to grow attached to his evil father, even if it gets him killed.

All those IMDb users that complained about the season finale want predictable fare, which is a shame. To me, "The Boys" is the BEST show on TV right now. It might not be for everyone, but the action, the drama and the writing are all top notch. It's true: a good thing can't last forever, but "The Boys" has at least 2 more seasons to go. Ending it on a 4th season will cut Ryan's arch way too short and some major characters will eventually die, but not before a "final" 5th season. We haven't seen the last of Soldier Boy and Maeve; she will return with full force and Butcher will redeem himself.

My only complaint is that it was a seven episode season, instead of the usual 8. I hate it when the producers alter the number of episodes. "The Boys" could have easily been an 8 episode season, perhaps giving Ryan way more depth as Homelander's confused but powerful son and Butcher's dilema to keep up his promise to save the kid ... a kid that could've been his own blood were it not for Homelander.

I can't praise this show any more than what I'm doing now. If you're not watching this show you're seriously wasting your time with inferior fare!

10 out of 10!

Even if a die hard amateur Star Wars fan directed an episode of this show it would be a million times WORSE than what we're seeing now. Obi-Wan Kenobi is a good show that it's taking its time to establish a compelling story, but disgruntled fans are begging for "fan service", and that would do more harm than good to the original trilogy. They want to see Obi-Wan do back flips, laser duels every 10 seconds and obviously beat Darth Vader once more. That's not the show I want to see. If you want that, go see the animated series like "Clone Wars" or "Rebels".

I do want to see Grand Moff Tarkin, Biggs, the other high ranking generals at the Death Star and obviously, I want to see how powerful Ben Kenobi still is. There's a ton of stuff that could show up so all those stupid reviews are utterly worthless. The whole idea behind the "Obi-Wan Kenobi" series is one big FAN SERVICE!!! To the point of bringing Ewan McGregor and Hayden Christensen. You guys want MORE fan service??? I trust Deborah Chow and I'm convinced SHE WILL DELIVER!

If you don't like the show, don't watch it and cancel your Disney subscription, or better yet: binge on all those CGI extravaganza Avengers movies, that do nothing for me.

After watching this excellent documentary I concluded that the real terror is the American Judicial system. After gathering overwhelming evidence against John Wayne Gacy, it takes over a decade to sentence this notorious serial killer to death! Sure he was locked up but why keep such garbage of a human being alive?!?! Kept alive with tax payers money must've been like a slap in the face of the parents of all those kids Mr. Gacy abused, tortured and killed.

Joe Berlinger (Some Kind Of Monster) has done it again with an engrossing documentary about one of history's most sickening serial killers. It is really disheartening to find out that not all of the bodies that were dug up from John Wayne Gacy's crawlspace have been identified. Let's hope scumbags like JWG are found out and "properly" disposed of!

After last week's episode, anything after that would look rather tame and it does. With "Hit And Run", Better Call Saul goes back to its season 3 or 4 atmosphere. It adds very little to the series, save from seeing Gustavo Fring's real dwelling space and Kim meeting face to face with Mike for the first time.

Better Call Saul is a really good show, but let's set the record straight: it's no "Breaking Bad". Saul Goodman's backstory could've easily been told in 5 seasons, not six, just like "Breaking Bad". The show really picked up massive steam during season 5, which at the time I had read somewhere it was going to be the last season.

Although we're still early on in season 6, the story has to get rid off Kim Wexler and Howard Hamlin and Lalo Salamanca, none of which appear in "Breaking Bad", considering this is a direct prequel to that iconic show.

I'm sure Vince Gilligan and team will end this show in a satisfactory way, but throwing in "filler" episodes like this one, he better have something really awesome for the finale.

6 out of 10.

After reading so many bad reviews about Ozark's finale, I decided to step in. I ask those who didn't like the finale, what exactly did you expect? A happy ending? Ozark's finale makes "Breaking Bad's" finale look like a Disney happy ending. Now don't get me wrong: I'm a huge "Breaking Bad" fan and loved every second of it, but Ozark was like BB's sinister twin brother. Ozark has practically NO goofy moments, no comic relief whatsoever. It took itself dead serious to a fault.

As things kept building up towards the end, I was really intrigued by how the show would end, because all I could see were more episodes ahead... at least one more season. I understand those who say it ended "abruptly", but at the same time, it had nowhere else to go. In the end, the Byrds were probably the most sinister of the Ozarks' residents, leaving a trail of death behind caused either by their actions or by being directly involved.

In Ozark, the entire Byrd family "broke bad", not just Marty and Wendy Byrd. Even the morally centered of the family, Jonah ended up breaking really bad. It was a sinister finale but one that I think was realistic within that whole Ozark world. Yeah, the Byrds made it out physically alive, but mentally and morally demolished. It was a great show, extremely bleak and hopeless but ultimately very satisfying.

It seems the writers of "Fear The Walking Dead" have forgotten that good ole "linear" story telling is just as good as "non linear"'story telling. That whole thing of going back and forth again and again is becoming extremely old hat.

To be honest, I had forgotten about Alicia so by the time she reappears in episode 7 I couldn't care less. And Morgan's character and arch have become tiresome. I keep wondering how these people can survive for days, weeks, months and years without water and food ... or a good shower when the opportunity arises. Also I can't help to notice the amazing ease at which these survivors find guns, bullets and assorted weapons, gas masks and military gear. And bullets never seem to run low.

For a brief moment, when Alicia gets bitten by a walker, the idea that she was could be immune crossed my mind. Silly me: that would mean the end of a profitable if decaying franchise. But it would've been an interesting element that hasn't been even whisperer upon in the WHOLE "Walking Dead"'universe: the concept of a "cure".

As I mentioned in an earlier review, "Fear The Walking Dead" is just a "hair of a frog" better than the original "Walking Dead", but not by much.

"Coda" is a nice little family movie about a talented high school girl with a remarkable voice living with her family who happen to be all deaf. Her dad and brother, who are deaf, work as fishermen and Ruby serves as their interpreter. She also longs to study music at the prestigious Breklee College of Music. Her school teacher, Mr. Bernardo (Eugenio Derbez), pushes young Ruby the excel herself at being a singer.

The movie is not bad by any means. It is entertaining if rather "flat" throughout its entire length. There are no overtly dramatic parts, no serious conflict between any of the characters, no tragedy, no overtly goofy parts and no twist ending. Aside from a few kinky scenes, this is really Disney-like fare that could be enjoyed by the entire family.

With this said, I just fail to see this movie as Oscar material. Best Movie??? Best supporting actor? If you cast a deaf person playing a deaf person, would you consider that "acting" or that person playing basically himself? There's no outstanding musical score, no jaw dropping cinematography, no definitive performances by any of the actors, no nothing. It's just a plain "good" movie, period, but nothing that would warrant any Oscars. Sure, the academy does this from time to time, but this looks like an ABC Monday night movie, with all due respect. As for Eugenio Derbez, who I think is a great guy and one of Mexico's top comedians, there's not a single American movie where he doesn't justify his heavy Mexican accent by saying he's from (drum roll): MEXICO! You don't see Salma Hayek saying she's from Mexico in her movies, why should Mr. Derbez do so?

Anyway. "CODA" is an ok family fun film that doesn't break ANY new ground and is an unlikely memorable one. 5 out of 10.

After reading some god awful user reviews here I braced myself for the worst series finale. Turned out that it wasn't even one fifth as bad as people make it out to be. What did these people expect? A happy ending? The ending was more along the lines of "Breaking Bad", which this show certainly influenced. It certainly isn't as cringe worthy a "Lost's" finale or even the mighty "Game Of Thrones". Sure, it didn't have the "grandeur" of a series finale, I'll give the unfaithful that, but it leaves the door open for a ninth season (which we all know turned out to be "Dexter New Blood"). And yes, there were some loose ends; for example, the show heavily hinted that Harry Morgan might've been Dexter's TRUE father, yet the plot was dropped and never again picked up. Maybe Harry had an affair with Laura Moser and Dexter was their offspring. That would've explained why Harry saved Dexter and not Bryan Moser.

Another thing that didn't seem quite right was Dexter's inability to cover his face. Since their victims were going to die anyway, there was no need for him to cover his face, but what about security cameras? That was pretty careless of him.

And Hannah McKay: if police is looking for you, wouldn't it be wise to dye your hair differently and cut it short?

Minor complaints apart, "Dexter"'was one hell of a ride and it was a real feat for me to remain spoiler free for almost 9 years.

A highly recommended show!

"Ray Donovan" the series was one of the best things to happen to TV in a while. Like a darker, bleaker "Sopranos", "Ray Donovan" was an incredible show that was suddenly cancelled by Showtime, despite having its last season's finale end on a cliffhanger. Many fans like myself felt shortchanged by Showtime's abrupt cancellation but in the end our voices were heard.

Instead of properly ending the show with a full length season 8, the producers managed to wrangle out a movie that would wrap up Ray Donovan's story. Two years after its cancellation, "Ray Donovan The Movie" comes to finish the story.

The movie, unlike some of the series best episodes, moves at an excruciatingly slow pace, with barely any hard action sequences. The use of constant flashbacks were needed to round things up between Ray Donovan and his father Mickey. Production and acting are top notch and my only complain is that, being a movie it could've been a bit more faster paced.

Fortunately the ending wraps things up in a bittersweet kind of way with only Bridget's and Terry's arch left open for viewer interpretation.

Ray Donovan's story begged to have another full length season to wrap things up in a more even way but I understand the producers only got a chance to do this 2 hours "finale". If you want to fully appreciate this movie you have to see the entire series, otherwise its impact will be largely diminished.

7 out of 10. I will miss Ray Donovan series dearly ...

I've been wanting to watch "Scalpel" since the early 80s when I saw a video review in a magazine. It was tough to get a copy but I finally did. Now some 40 years later I sat through this interesting thriller from the mid 70s.

"Scalpel" deals with Dr. Phillip Reynolds, a wealthy and talented plastic surgeon with a sketchy immediate past: his wife mysteriously drowned, her daughter's boyfriend also drowned and his daughter went missing for over a year. When his father in law dies, Dr. Reynolds is left out of his will entirely, leaving his grand daughter with a 5 million dollar inheritance. Since the grand daughter is missing, there's no way for anyone to access that amount.

As fate would have it, Dr. Reynolds crosses paths with a stripper whose face has been severely beaten to the point of disfigurement. It is here when a light bulb inside Dr. Reynolds head goes on and decides to reconstruct the face of the stripper to the very image of his missing daughter. This is the only way Dr. Reynolds can have a piece of his father in law's inheritance.

Though the first half of the movie moves at a slow albeit creepy and interesting pace, after that the plot holes start to sink this otherwise worthy thriller. I am pretty much against remakes/reimagining of classic films, but here's one that could actually benefit from a more skilled director's touch. The film simply loses its plot towards the end with out-of-nowhere twists that are never explained nor addressed. Robert Lansing still gives a good performance as the psycho plastic surgeon and Judith Chapman is great as both, Jane Doe and Heather Reynolds.

Still worth a watch, if you can manage to get your hands on it. I'm unaware if this is on any streaming platform. 6 out of 10.

Let's be clear on this: "The Terror" appears to be an anthology series of sorts. I read somewhere that the producers wanted to tell the whole story of the doomed Franklin Expedition to the Artic in 1845, where England's two most advanced ships simply vanished in the icy waters of the Canadian North Pole archipelago. Subsequent seasons would've dealt with the many search parties that ensued (some equally terrifying as the original expedition), but AMC had a change of heart and decided to end the Franklin story after 10 episodes.

The next 10 episodes (Season 2), also based on true events, I still haven't seen it yet.

"The Terror" has the mighty Ridley Scott as executive producer and it shows. The set designs, production and overall quality of the show makes it look like a major Hollywood production. Based on the book by the same name, "The Terror" is a semi fictionalized account on what happened to those brave 129 men that simply vanished forever. What happened? Where they killed by a mysterious force? Did they die of hunger? Did they kill each other? Did they froze to death. Recent discoveries and studies have shown that the last survivors had to resort to cannibalism!

The show itself has a great cast: Jared Harris (Chernobyl) as captain Krozier, the only one that Inuit legend claim to have been the last man to die. Tobias Menzies (Game Of Thrones/Outlander) gives a stellar performance as James Fitzjames, second in command of the HMS Erebus. Cirian Hinds (Excalibur/Game Of Thrones) was the Ill fated captain Franklin. The rest of the cast is equally impressive.

Since there are tons of loose ends in the actual historical events, it is the perfect setting to add a "supernatural" overtone to "The Terror", and this is where the series gets nasty with the violence and gore, but done all in context of the story, not for the sake of having jump scares or stuff like that.

If you like doomed exploration tales sprinkled with a bit of the supernatural, "The Terror" is definitely up your alley. Watch it today! 10 out of 10!

Killing off a major character was a big blow not only for Dexter, but for the audience as well. Who on earth would want to harm sweet Rita? Yet, she ends in a bathtub full of blood.

What intrigues me the most is that, during the next 4 episodes, little is said about Rita's death. Who killed her? Why was she killed? What's Dexter doing about it.

If this season doesn't address this issue I will definitely be disappointed.

Dexter avenged his mother's death, he is the perfect vigilante, so how come, almost 5 episodes into season 4, no one talks about solving Rita's murder. The only redeeming scene in this episode is when Dexter bashes a redneck's head to a pulp for insulting Rita's memory, out of a fit of unabashed rage, right there on the spot. When he screams in anger, he showed his true feelings for Rita.

If there's a time for Dexter to go full on psycho, this is it.

I hope season 4 rounds things up nicely. If not, it would be a massive disappointment .

When I 1st saw "Jacob's Ladder" in the early 90s, what appealed to me was the surrealistic horror and nightmarish atmosphere it creates, and its bittersweet ending.

As years have gone by and having seen this film over a dozen times, I've grown to appreciate not only the aspects I mentioned before, but also its intense religious subtext and Jacob's intense guilt feelings for losing his youngest son.

For starters, I'm not a very religious guy, yet the biblical overtones are hard to ignore and become fascinating once you tie the pieces together.

In a nutshell, "Jacob's Ladder" tells the fight of Jacob Singer during his last minutes of life after being brutally stabbed in the stomach with a bayonet. A lot of people have complained they felt the film was all over the place and has a disorienting effect. While this is true, it's like this for a reason. What we see as "flashbacks" of Jacob's time in Nam is actually the REAL timeline. The rest of the movie is in Jacob's head as he fights to stay alive, creating himself a life after the war, working as a mailman and living with his girlfriend Jezebel. Within this "created life", he has flashbacks of his REAL life: his wife Sarah and their three children, the loss of their youngest son and their eventual break up.

It's the loss of his youngest son, Gabe (an uncredited Macaulay Culkin, just a few months from becoming a household name with "Home Alone") that's the saddest part of this movie. Did Jacob feel guilty for his death? Was his son's death the reason for his marital break up?

Even though Jacob was dreaming of a life after Nam, his love for his family and specially Gabe was very real, that's why the ending has so much weight. When Jacob sees Gabe sitting on the stairway, he goes to him, not knowing if he's dreaming again or if it's real (within his death dream). Gabe embraces his dad and tells him that they should go "up". Heaven? The afterlife? Gabe becomes his saving Angel, he reunites with his most cherished son in the end. It's beautiful scene, being "rescued" from hell by a loved one must be the perfect way to go.

Adrian Lyne was pitch perfect with this film. He could've easily done some typical early 90s style horror, with demons and all that stuff, but most of it is implied, save for a few terrifying scenes. Tim Robbins gives a brilliant performance, just as brilliant as his "Shawshank Redemption" one a few years later. It's a shame the Academy (as usual) passed on this great, great performance. Elizabeth Peña, as Jacob's made up girlfriend "Jezzie" is also brilliant as well as Danny Aiello's brief but extremely important scenes and dialog.

Maurice Jarre's score is both, horrific and painfully beautiful and haunting. The music for some of the horrific scenes sound like stuff you would hear on an Einstürzende Neubauten album (brutal industrial music), while the main theme is a beautiful piano piece, both haunting and sad, very sad. Probably my favorite Jarre score, as good if not better than "Ghost" (from that same year).

As with Kubrik films, you will find new details with repeated viewing. Sure, it's a harrowing film experience, but those brave enough will savor each new viewing. I've grown to love this film as time goes by. Give "Jacob's Ladder" a chance and you too will also love it.