Top Three Reasons Why 'Cape Fear' Is Still Scary!

I couldn't believe almost 20 years have elapsed since I first saw Cape Fear, the remake by Martin Scorsese and which starred Robert De Niro, Juliette Lewis, Jessica Lange and Nick Nolte. I tell you, I watched the movie on HBO last night and it betrays its mature age! It's still as terrifying watching it on TV, as when I was still watching it in a big moviehouse screen when I was in college. Here are the reasons why -

1. Terrific acting never grows old - Robert De Niro delivers a tour-de-force performance here, a real, mean guy who's just out there to terrify the bejesus of Nick Nolte's family. Juliette Lewis as the ingenue is great too, as her innocence flirts dangerously with De Niro's vileness!

2. De Niro's character just ruthlessly kills anyone blocking his way! The tattoos in his body, the way he speaks - all these create a sense of dread knowing that this guy is on the loose!

3. Law enforcement and its enforcers are rendered inutile! Nick Nolte's character tries to win it using the law first, and then graduates to using thugs and finally, uses his family as bait - in every turn, law enforcement and its enforcers try to neutralize De Niro's character, without much success! If the law can't handle him, how are we supposed to get rid of him!

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