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Summary: Drama, yes Horror flick, yes
Review: it's a different movie. in a way you can see it as a drama, but definetly is an horror movie.the movie belongs to De Niro, eventhough Nolte, Lange and Lewis were great too. but Max is a living devil in a human form. i don't recall characters like this, not supernatural but with infinite power to hurt. i read he lost the oscar to Anthony Hopkins for "Silence of the Lambs". well, that's something else. physicall/mind games vs. mind games/physicall. really, does anybody really matters?
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Summary: WHAT A FLICK !!!!
Review: This movie is by far one of the all time best. Robert DeNiro as Max Cady was a golden choice and he was robbed by not getting the oscar. Who else could have played that part ? His stunning adaption to Max Cady was spine tingling. The soundtrack alone brings chills to me. For those who have yet to see it, don't waste any more time. It is just as funny as it is shocking. See it, right away
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Summary: I Wanted to Walk Out
Review: Did Scorsese actually direct this film? If so, it is his turkey! Abysmal on all counts. There was nothing, not even technical ability, that interested me in this film.
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Summary: Frightening!
Review: I've seen this movie a few times on video, and a few times on TV. I was scared each time. I love that movie. Robert DeNiro's character, Max is very disturbing, yet a very likable kind of guy at the same time.
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Summary: Best Cast Ever!
Review: The purpose of film, theatre, the arts is perfectly understood by all of the key performers in this movie. They are what creates DRAMA! Scorsese is one of our best directors. If you made a list of real actors in Hollywood, it would be a very short list, Deniro, Lange, Nolte, and Lewis would all be on it. A loaded statement, I have to insist this is without question Deniro's best performance, and one of the best performances in cinema. He was nominated for Best Actor, and only beaten out by what is universally considered the Best performance of the 90s Anthony Hopkins' Hannibal Lecter. I was more frightened by Max Cady. SEE THE MOVIE!
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Summary: A pretty good movie
Review: This movie is good. It is worth seeing for one reason-Robert De Niro's performance
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Summary: An intense and mysterious film
Review: This is a film about a lawyer who is stalked by a client after the client gets out of jail and blames the time he spent there on his lawyer. Robert DeNiro is absolutely scary. Nick Nolte and Juliette Lewis also give excellent perfomances in this film.
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Summary: The one Scorsese film worthy of being called "bad"
Review: Scorsese's remake of "Cape Fear" was just a poor excuse to put Robert DeNiro in a horror film. Even though the camera is excellent (as usual), the acting is simply atrocious. Nick Nolte gives one of the worst acting performances in the history of film, and only Steven Spielberg (who produced this ball of yarn) could've talked Scorsese into this mess.
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Summary: Scorsese and Deniro come through once again.
Review: This movie isnt one of Scorsese's and Deniro's greatest films but it truly is an exciting thriller , as Deniro plays an ex-convict who wants revevnge from the lawyer that failed to defend him properly (Nick Nolte). The movie is very entertaining , and Deniro does an excellent job playing the bad guy. "Cape Fear" makes for a good movie rental anyday of the week.
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Summary: Psychologically chilling, but the ending is underachieved.
Review: "Cape Fear" has two different complexes: one is that of a smart, spine-tingling psychological thriller, and the other is that of a revenge thriller. Martin Scorsese's remaking of the 1962 classic captures some of the previous film's essential mind game elements, while adding its own mix of violence that is kept to a minimum until being released in a frenzy in the finale. All of this works surprisingly well, but after the film ends, it has a certain sense of underachievement hanging over its head. The film stars Robert De Niro as ex-con Max Cady, just released from prison, out for a taste of revenge against his former attorney, Sam Bowden, played by Nick Nolte. Bowden has his own family troubles to begin with: he is having an affair behind his wife Leigh's back, and his daughter Danielle is going through the perilous years of teenage woes. He becomes increasingly uneasy when Cady begins appearing out of nowhere to confront him with psychological games, and fears that he may harm his family. It's parts like these that make actors great, and each one relishes their part like no other film I've seen. Robert De Niro takes twisted to a whole new level, portraying Cady as a smart yet cagey psychopath. There are times when his presence is enough to chill you to the bone. Nolte's performance is equally intense, especially later in the film, when he begins to cave in on himself trying to rid himself of Cady. Cady does not make is very easy for Bowden, though. He brutalizes the woman Bowden is having the affair with, poisons the family dog and later returns to return the collar, denying his involvement in the animal's death. Turning to the law, Bowden is stunned to learn that nothing can be done because of the lack of no physical evidence, and, in turn, decides to take matters into his own hands to protect his family. Martin Scorsese gives his film a sense of style parallel to that of Hitchcock, from the high-strung soundtrack to fancy camera angles and shots. There are times when the camera is fixed in a still position, while at others it moves steadily, non-stop. Some scenes in which one actor is close to the camera, while the other is seen off to the side, give the movie an unconventional feel, calling us back to the days of thrillers long ago. Scorsese is a true director, and his attention to story and style are unmatched by many. The mind games that Cady plays on the Bowden family are cold and mysterious, the perfect mix of intelligence and insanity. His attack on Bowden's mistress causes a stir between he and Leigh, but the real tingler is a very effective scene that takes place in a school auditorium as Cady begins to dig into the mind of Danielle, preying on her teenage rebellion against her parents in an attempt to win her over. His plan is completely insane in its purpose, but utterly intellectual in its careful planning. It's only a shame that this wonderful assault on the psyche is almost ruined by an ending that is standard, run-of-the-mill concluding material that leaves us little surprise. It takes a well-known path in which the people we guess will die do die, leaving those we wish would die alive. There is no shock or stunned amazement, no look of disbelief on our faces, because nothing is different. This adds to the movie's feeling of underachievement, as it had so many things going for it. Instead of ending the film the way we have already guessed, it may have been more intriguing to see Cady use his mind tricks to further his revenge, until he exacts the ultimate revenge on Bowden by landing him in jail for attempted murder. This would be a perfect crowning to his plan, while giving us an ending that is truly original. Still, "Cape Fear" has quite a few good things going for it. The style and substance work well together, as do the separate angles of the story and the wonderful cast, who play their parts to the extreme. The ending may fall short of the material, but the uneasy feeling I got in my chair must account for something, and that is the undeniable sense of suspense and dread, inspired by a psychological war that is effectively chilling.
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