Reimagining ‘Cape Fear’

TV SERIES: RELEASED ON NEW EVIDENCE, CADY DISMANTLES LAWYERS’ LIVES

- Hein Kaiser

ooh jirre this is a hectic show, my granny would say.

ooh jirre this is a hectic show, my granny would say. And she would be right, because the Apple TV miniseries, Cape Fear, is an exceptional piece of television.

The weekly release has only stretched to the third episode thus far, but it’s not an instalment release you'd want to miss.

This is the third imagining of Cape Fear. The first, a 1962 flick and again, a Martin Scorsese directed thriller. The director also serves as executive producer on the limited series.

But it's very different to the movies. The show is based on the book The Executioners by John D MacDonald.

Max Cady, a convicted killer who has spent 17 years behind bars, is suddenly released after new evidence overturns his conviction. Rather than seeking a fresh start, he sets his sights on the people he believes stole his life: lawyers Anna and Tom Bowden. It's scary from the get-go.