Cape Fear

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Rob O. @Robocop7 5d A chilling suspense thriller with outstanding acting all around but perhaps more noticeably with Robert De Niro See more paul o @Paulo190408 Dec 12 Really good, suspenseful film. Well directed by Scorsese and well acted by all the characters. See more The_ P Dec 10 One of my favorite films I've ever seen and a master class in suspense. What brings it down to a 9/10 is some of the editing (particularly during the climax) feeling disjointed, I would be willing to bet large sequences must have been shot but then pruned down. In one instance Nolte's character reacts to a sound outside of the house boat and then it cuts to him outside the boat fumbling with the anchor. While all 4 of the major cast act beautifully I want to give special praise to Jessica Lang for her outstanding work, every minor move of the muscle in her face was done masterfully to convey not only true fear, pain, anguish, and grief but also blending them so powerfully yet naturally. De Niro is often maligned for his later work but its films like these that prove he truly has the talent of a master. I truly believed he was the deranged Max Cady. This movie works best if you refuse to pause it, its a tense experience and as the characters experience this slow torture so too are you. See more Jack F @MovieFan111 Nov 28 It was alright. I recently realized it was a remake to the original. See more Craig H @DownWeGo Nov 13 A slightly campy 90s thriller with De Niro at his best chewing up the scenery with his menacing, charming and psychotic performance, watching him manipulate and dismantle this family emotionally and physically was unsettling and fascinating at the same time. Some other reviews I read said in other directors hands this would of been more trashy and a lesser film and i totally agree Scorcese lifted this material. The whole cast where great also. Not Scorceses best but a mid tier Scorcese movie which is still very good See more Kevin P Nov 6 A very tense and entertaining revenge thriller that plays with the rigid and flexible sides of the law in contrast to people's primal instincts for moral justice. Robert DeNiro is creepy, mysterious, funny, and threatening as the villainous Max Cady. He easily steals the show, even if can be a bit over the top at times with his fake southern accent and it is a little unbelievable that so many characters don't take him seriously from the beginning. Nick Nolte is very believable as the timid, yet rigid and deterministic lawyer father who slowly loses his mind from Max Cady's psychological warfare. He starts off as spinless and even a bit romantically skeezy (the compensation and tennis scenes gave me secondhand embarrassment), but intensifies up over time as he's pushed further and further into a corner. I also liked the cameos from the original actors, most notably Robert Peck cameo playing against type as Cady's lawyer. There are several iconic scenes that are very memorable, but I can't help but think of how they were parodied by the Simpsons with Sideshow Bob, such as the laughing movie theatre scene, the tattoo prison workout, or hiding under the car. I really liked the opening title credits with the waves reflection. The soundtrack is terrific, incorporating Bernard Herman's classic motifs with an updated intense score. The villainous Max Cady spends much of the movie playfully skirting around legal loopholes to taunt the main family. But when he gets violent, it's absolutely brutal to watch and really cements him as a terrifying villain. It's also sad that his backstory highlights the injustice of SA laws of the time, as many don't want to come forward due to shield laws bot being updated federally until a few years later (and even then, it's still an uphill battle that many victims still struggle with coming forward to this very day). The fast-paced editing was entertaining, albeit a bit disorienting and schlocky at times. Some of the characters are aware bit stupid early on not taking the ex-battery convict seriously, but I can forgive the daughter since she was partially left in the dark on the subject, all highlighted very well in that super creepy house theatre scene. The climax is very memorable, taking place on a stormy river houseboat. It goes on for a bit too long and gets a little ridiculous, but there's a ton of tension and it really grips you with how much of a menace Max Cady is. This isn't my favorite Scorsese movie, but it's still a very entertaining thriller remake and that's saying a lot for the man's filmography that even his lesser films are still very good. See more Read all reviews

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