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‘Cape Fear’ Rotten Tomatoes Reviews Say Fear Remains Intact In Remake
Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg executive produced the 10-episode remake, which critics say is driven by Javier Bardem but stretched too long.
- On Friday, June 5, Apple TV premieres 'Cape Fear,' a psychological thriller starring Javier Bardem and Amy Adams, executive produced by Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg.
- Set in Savannah, Georgia, the story follows attorney Anna Bowden and her husband, Tom, who face terror when Max Cady, exonerated after 17 years behind bars, enters their lives.
- Reviewers note 'Javier Bardem plays Cady to deranged perfection,' though critics find the 10-hour runtime and inert pacing between gory cliffhangers problematic.
- This 10-episode production joins a wave of star-studded streaming remakes like 'Fatal Attraction' on Paramount+, as streaming metrics prioritize minutes watched over narrative concision.
- The series premieres with two episodes on Friday, June 5, then releases weekly through July 31, as critics suggest 'stylistic oddities that don't make sense yet' may resolve by the conclusion.
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Javier Bardem was inspired by the behaviour of wild animals to play the sadistic torturer in the film "Cape Fear", a role previously played in cinema by Robert De Niro and Robert Mitchum and which now returns to the public's attention in a TV series, informs AFP, according to Agerpres. "There is a threat, there is that animal component at ...
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