Synopsis
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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Cast
- Robert De NiroMax Cady
- Nick NolteSam Bowden
- Jessica LangeLeigh Bowden
- Juliette LewisDanielle Bowden
- Joe Don BakerClaude Kersek
- Robert MitchumLieutenant Elgart
- Gregory PeckLee Heller
- Martin BalsamJudge
- Illeana DouglasLori Davis
- Fred ThompsonTom Broadbent
Recommendations
- 100
Entertainment Weekly
A hypnotically engrossing thriller that spins along on the dreams and anxieties of its characters. - 90
Washington Post
Martin Scorsese brings honor back to the remake. He shines up this reprise of the original with original brilliance - 80
Variety
A smart and stylish remake of the 1962 suspenser. - 78
Austin Chronicle
If this is Scorsese's bid for the commercial big time, then let the cash registers ring. - 75
Chicago Sun-Times
Impressive moviemaking, showing Scorsese as a master of a traditional Hollywood genre. - 70
Washington Post
It's a brutal, demonic film with a grip like a vise; it grabs you early, its fingers around your throat, and never lets go. - 70
TV Guide Magazine
An exercise in audience manipulation, with every frame designed to stagger the senses. - 60
Chicago Reader
Even as a simple genre picture it works only in fits and starts.
