For nearly seven decades, 'Cape Fear' has been a mirror for what scares audiences most. The new version, an Apple TV 10-episode psychological thriller series starring Javier Bardem, Amy Adams, and Patrick Wilson, is not an exception. What it isn't is another version of the old story.
In 1962, Robert Mitchum turned Max Cady into a nightmare of physical menace opposite Gregory Peck. In 1991, Martin Scorsese pushed the story into darker psychological territory, with Robert De Niro delivering one of his most disturbing performances as a tattooed ex-convict seeking revenge against the lawyer he believes betrayed him.
