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Summary: One of the Best Movies I've ever seen
Review: ... i am the most diverse movie watcher ever. Cape Fear is one of two all time favorits. Cape Fear will appel to you if you like to see a good movie, be scared ,and simply have a great time. It is awsome.
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Summary: Not an improvement on the original, and they cast it wrong
Review: Without question, Robert De Niro is a greater actor than Robert Mitchum ever dreamed of being. But with all his tattoos and glowerings as Max Cady, and with all the graphic violence, he doesn't come anywhere near being as frightening in this remake as Mitchum was just ambling across a parking lot in the original. No amount of directorial tinkering can disguise the fact that this is a genre flick, pure and simple. I think this kind of movie needs a Mitchum more than it does a De Niro, but it might have been very much more effective had they given Nick Nolte, who can be truly frightening with a minimum of effort, the role of the psychopath and De Niro the subtler one of the attorney. Jessica Lange is always good, as she is here, but she's also an actress who positively exudes indominatible strength; in a role that is still more a plot device than a character, Ms. Lange is overqualified, and not really an improvement over Polly Bergen.
All of which leaves Juliette Lewis, who not only gives the most interesting performance in this film, but provides the only justification for its being made.
Don't get me wrong: I don't think the original Cape Fear is a great film or anything. But in terms of creating a truly memorable scary character, it succeeded: the memory of Mitchum in his Hawaiian shirt stalking this family will haunt your nightmares long after you've forgotten you ever saw the remake. Maybe Scorcese just tried too hard. But you won't forget Juliette Lewis...
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Summary: Juliette Lewis at her best
Review: If you love Juliette you will love this film. It is a great flick - if you liked Pulp Fiction, Heat and From Dusk Till Dawn you should buy this now.
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Summary: DeNiro Is Outstanding Once Again
Review: Wouldn't you expect a movie that stars Gregory Peck, Robert Mitchum, Robert DeNiro, Nick Nolte, Jessica Lange, Juliette Lewis, Fred Thompson and Joe Don Baker to be outstanding. Well you would be right in this case. But it is DeNiro that steals the show. He portrays yet another in depth character that keeps you riveted to the screen. Max Cady (DeNiro) was in jail for 14 years for a battery he was convicted of. It was a rape but pleaded down by his lawyer portrayed by Nick Notle to a battery. Nolte felt he was doing both Cady and the victim a service. Notle rationalized that he was doing a service and Cady couldn't read anyway. While in prison, Cady learns to read, and reads law books and transcipts and comes to the conclusion that his lawyer sold him up the river. Cady has now become a smart nut case. He knows the law and what he can and can't do. He bgins stalking and legally harrassing the entire family. The law can do nothing, the PI's can do nothing. It is up to the family. Will they do something? Will it escalate? Can it be stopped? Watch this movie for the excellent story line, the superb acting, the suspense or for whatever reason you desire. But watch it. It is a great movie and another outstanding performance by Robert DeNiro.
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Summary: A Shocking Thriller of Great Suspense!
Review: Martin Scorcese directs this thriller about revenge and sin. Based on the original 1962 film "Cape Fear", starring Gregory Peck and Robert Mitchum, this story is a bit different, and more interesting. Robert De Niro brilliantly portrays the role of Max Cady, a Southern, tattoo-riddled, cigar smoking ex-con, who seeks vengeance on his former lawyer, Sam Bowden, for doing an inadequate job at defending him on the charge of rape. You see, Sam got a report that the rape victim was promiscious, but he buried the report. Cady's sentence could have been reduced, had the report been featured, but instead he spent fourteen years in prison. Max Cady is clever, so that the law can't touch him. So, he can easily slip in and out of the Bowden household whenever he pleases, and stalk Sam wherever he goes. Meanwhile, Sam goes through his own troubles with his family: his wife, Leigh, doesn't trust him because he had an affair, and his teenage daughter, Danielle, is going through adolescent troubles. There is an especially brilliant and eerie scene in which Cady tries to pyschologically seduce Danielle, posing as her drama teacher. "Wait a second...you're not my drama teacher, are you?" "Maybe I'm the big bad wolf". It finally comes down to a violent showdown on a houseboat at Cape Fear River. But, since Sam Bowden, in this version, is definitely not a hero, it is somewhat intricate to tell who shall be the victor. To find out, you will have to watch this film yourself. A marvelous movie that all horror/suspense film fans should love. Robert De Niro does a marvelous job as playing Max Cady, and Juliet Lewis equally portrays Danielle Bowden. Jessica Leing does a great job as Sam's wife, Leigh, and Martin Scorcese directs it wonderfully! My only complaint is Nick Nolte. He didn't really get into his part except for on certain scenes. Oh, well. It's still definitely worth renting or buying! "Counselor, counselor. Come out, come out, wherever you are!" "I think we're alone now." "Well, it's a small town, I guess everywhere you turn, we're gonna run into each other".-Max Cady quotes.
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Summary: FEEL THE FEAR
Review: Cape Fear is a very intriguing movie filled with suspense and terror. This movie is very realistic which gives it an eerie essence, where the original was not as relatable or frightening. Robert De Niro and Juliette Lewis really get into their part and their performences are wonderfully astounding. The whole movie was dark yet exceedingly interesting. The thing I didn't like about the movie was Nick Nolte's performence, which I found to be very boring and incomplete. But, all in all, I would definitly recommend this film to anyone who likes profound and suspensful Scorsese movies. GO RENT IT NOW!
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Summary: FEEL THE FEAR
Review: Cape Fear is a very invigorating movie filled with suspense and terror. This movie is very realistic which gives it an eerie essence, where the original was not as relatable or frightening. Robert De Niro and Juliette Lewis really get into their part and their performences are wonderfully astounding. The whole movie was dark yet exceedingly interesting. The thing I didn't like about the movie was Nick Nolte's performence, which I found to be very boring and uncomplete. But, all in all, I would definitly recommend this film to anyone who likes profound and suspensful Scorsese movies. GO RENT IT NOW!
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Summary: Do yourself a HUGE favor and check out the original...
Review: First of all, Martin Scorcese is one of my favorite directors and I include movies like TAXI DRIVER, RAGING BULL and GOODFELLAS among my most cherished films of all time. That being said, I cannot for the life of me figure why he chose to remake this 1962 classic which to me is tantamount to someone trying to remake one of his fine films mentioned above in another 10 or so years. It's almost unthinkable. If you've never seen the original film, directed by J. Lee Thompson and starring Robert Mitchum and Gregory Peck, and you are someone who appreciates GREAT filmmaking, do yourself a favor and see the original. If you are a collector, BUY the original on DVD and add it to your collection. I PROMISE you will not be disappointed. This 1991 version stars Robert DeNiro as Max Cady and I think he does a great job reprising and, in some none-too-subtle ways, updating on the character. Frankly I never expected less from an actor of DeNiro's abilities. But Robert Mitchum's Max Cady is truly one of the scariest and most disturbing portrayals of a villian in cinematic history. What makes Max Cady so terrifying is his believability; he is not simply an "evil rapist," this guy is a living, breathing nightmare in every sense. I think DeNiro captured a little of that quality too, but then took it too far over the top. Perhaps the only reason Mitchum never got an Oscar nod was that his performance was perhaps *too disturbing* for the times to even be considered back then, when Best Actor almost always meant the protagonist of the story. As the Amazon.com editor states, comparing these two versions only proves to show how much more terror and suspense the original is able to achieve despite not being nearly as graphic or gratuitous with the on-screen violence. Especially compare the ending of the two films, where the original sizzles while the remake fizzles into a series of laughably forgettable cliches. The difference is one is a Classic from start to finish, while the other is an homage with earnest intentions and a good start that ultimately deteriorates into not much more than a gratuitously violent slasher film. The only performance in the 1991 version I thought was intriguing and stood out from the original was Juliete Lewis as the daughter. Not necessarily better, but a more dynamic performance for that character. But if you really want to see a classic thriller that is a cut above the average from beginning to end, check out the original and you be the judge.
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Summary: Over the Top
Review: I found this film way too sadistic and cruel for my taste. This remake about an ex-con terrorizing a lawyer's family is way too gruesome to be called entertainment.
Robert De Niro as the con who wants vengence is just sickening here, and it's too hard to watch him. Nick Nolte as the lawyer is fine, but wife Jessica Lange and daughter Juliette Lewis are trampy and unappealing. [...]Watch the original version with Robert Mitchum, and you be the judge.
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Summary: Robert DeNiro at his best!
Review: This is a wonderful scary thriller about a madman rapist, Max Cady (Robert DeNiro) who has been released from prison and harrases his lawyer Sam Bowden (Nick Nolte) and his wife (Jessica Lange) and his daughter (Juliette Lewis) , after Sam Bowden sent Max to prison 14 years ago. DeNiro and Lewis got academy award nominations for their roles in this scary , creative and all around brilliant movie. Starring: Robert DeNiro , Nick Nolte , Jessica Lange , Juliette Lewis , Jon Don Baker , Illeana Douglas and Gregory Peck...
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