Review of Cape Fear (1991) by Uttiyo S — 28 Apr 2012

Thrilling, Chilling along with some superb directing and acting specially by Robert De Niro, Cape fear is definately a spine-tingling thriller which will keep you at the edge of your seat, mostly due to the Superb acting by the cast and specially by the Terrifying De Niro who has done a superb job in his role and some Excellent Direction as ever by Martin Scorsese who produces yet another gem of a movie.

The Story of this thriller is about A Convicted Psychopath Rapist Max Cady, who after serving a 14 year sentence comes back to torture the family of the lawyer who defended him and makes life terrifying for his family and him and is really obsessed with making them and the lawyer pay for his sins. Max Cady is definately one of the most terrifying characters in cinema, and his character was justified by the superb De Niro.

The Acting by the whole cast is superb, all the actors including Nick Nolte and Jessica Lange as the Lawyer and his wife and their daughter Danielle(Juliette Lewis) have done a great job in their roles and have really perfected the portrayel of their characters, BUT Robert De Niro really takes the cake with his portrayel of the Dangerous Psychopath Max Cady who is obsessed with taking revenge against the family of Sam Bowden(Nick Nolte) and De Niro has really imperfected the character through his extraordinary acting skills and deadly expressions and dialogue delivery and really scares the audience in many times.

The Direction by Martin Scorsese is as good as ever as he has yet again produced a master-piece with De Niro, and has done a magnificent job in making the movie. He Helped all the experienced actors give excellent performences in their respective roles and yet again has made De Niro give a superb performence under him and really has perfected in the other aspects of the film such as the Music, Direction in harsh areas. He Has really imperfected the use of the story and has made one of the best thrillers which will literally give you chills and with the help of his old friend De Niro and the other great actors, he really has added another gem to his treasury.

The Story of the movie which is based on the novel(The Executioners) written by John. D Macdonald, and the screenplay is done by James R Webb and Wesley Strick, is really great showing the obsession towards the family of this dangerous Psychopath who can literally do anything to make life miserable for the lawyers family, and great job to both the Author and the screen writers for doing such a fine job with the story.

The Music which is another Scorsese classic really sets the tone for the movie and really helps to the atmosphere of the movie with its chilling like music and great job from music directors Elmer Bernstein and Bernard Herrmann for doing such a fine job with the music for the movie.

This Movie really is one of the better thrillers in the history of Cinema, which will keep you at the edge of your chills,and De Niro's acting will ensure the chills to run down your spine, and Martin Scorsese just makes the even better with his marvelous direction as always and has made another superb movie.

My Rating: 8/10.