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Mar 16, 2017RoyalJellyIII rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Cape Fear often gets overlooked from Scorsese's other classics but it is just as excellent as the best of the best of his catalog. It's superbly crafted and acted and is very complex and suspenseful. It's script is brilliant with how it uses the ins and outs of the law to incorporate a masterfully paced thriller. The cinematography is really something and it's Florida locations are perfect. The performances are all stellar. This is probably the last all out no holes barred performance of De Niro's career. Nick Nolte is terrific as his ex lawyer and dad of the family being terrorized. Jessica Lange is very good and Juliette Lewis is outstanding as the complex daughter which earned her an Oscar. Also Joe Don Baker is fantastic playing one of the best private detectives in film history. Cape Fear is much much more than your standard psycho thriller and it's extremely thrilling watching everything involving the law throughout the story.