Cape Fear

Cape Fear

1991 · 128 min · EN · R · 7.3 (3,883 votes)
Dir. Martin Scorsese · Starring Robert De Niro, Nick Nolte, Jessica Lange, Juliette Lewis, Joe Don Baker, Robert Mitchum · Music Bernard Herrmann

Sam Bowden has always provided for his family's future. But the past is coming back to haunt them.

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Sam Bowden is a small-town corporate attorney. Max Cady is a tattooed, cigar-smoking, Bible-quoting, psychotic rapist. What do they have in common? 14 years ago, Sam was a public defender assigned to Max Cady's rape trial, and he made a serious error: he hid a document from his illiterate client that could have gotten him acquitted. Now, the cagey Cady has been released, and he intends to teach Sam Bowden and his family a thing or two about loss.

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A relentless, dread-soaked descent into psychological torment, where a family's past sins return with visceral, terrifying force. It's a propulsive, unsettling experience that ratchets up the tension, leaving you feeling hunted and deeply disturbed long after the credits roll.

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