Cape Fear

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soul s This is outrageous. How can this movie hold a 75%. This is a Scorcese masterpiece. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/02/25 Full Review David M To get home from where I walked my date home after seeing this on its original release in the cinema (aged 18, my first year at university), I had to walk through a small, dark park which was badly lit and had plenty of places to hide. I ran through it, imagining Robert De Niro in every bush and behind every tree. The film got to me. Revisiting it now, I understand a lot more than I did then - and still the film haunts and dogs the viewer. Remaking a classic 1962 film, Nick Nolte is the lawyer whose family is stalked and tormented by the rapist he had defended at the trial that sent him to prison 14 years ago. Now he's out and wants revenge. It's a savage, disorienting, dizzying film - the effect of which is twisted further by the similarly dizzying cinematography and editing. De Niro is superb, but the standout is Juliette Lewis as Nolte's 16-year-old daughter. The extended scene between them in the school theatre is an unbearably creepy masterwork, and her whole performance is stunning. I wasn't fully convinced by Nolte, but he does come into his own in the final act, almost silent, reduced by De Niro's ex-convict to his base elements, slugging it out in the pouring rain, drenched and caked in mud. It's a film about how we lose humanity, and how we might try to keep it - and it's one that sits well in Scorsese's stellar filmography. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 12/15/24 Full Review Stephen H This is why Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro are some of the GOAT’s. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 11/19/24 Full Review Audience Member a horror film that really stands out, even by Scorcese's standards its bloody, violent, and downright unnerving DeNiro gives such an enthusiastic performance Nick Nolte really conveys the family man determined to protect his wife and daughter from the evils of the world even from a former ex-con he once represented it takes a while for things to get moving and the score at times is just so over-the-top but the climax is worth the wait your senses will be manipulated and the suspense keeps you in the dark never knowing when 'Cady' strikes gives off a dark and foreboding message about how strong the human being is and how weak it can become to the point of making us less than human this aint for everyone so buckle up and prepare to be strangled Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 11/09/24 Full Review Allen F This movie is amazing and brings fear to its viewers because of the acting. The humanity in this film of defending your family is real. The acting really is some of DiNero’s best. Chilling film that is a great watch Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 10/19/24 Full Review John M I watched this movie in 1991-92 and I remember I was not very impressed. Today I tried watching it again ... way way worse. Some movies have staying power. This is not one of those. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 09/14/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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