Sam Cady (Robert de Niro) has just been released from prison, and wants revenge on Sam Bowdon (Nick Nolte), the prosecutor who withheld evidence and sent him up. Cady begings stalking Sam's wife and daughter, so the family decides to hide in their houseboat in Cape Fear.I found this film way too violent for my taste. Robert de Niro is so convincing as the sadistic con that I could hardly watch him. Nick Nolte is fine as the lawyer, but I thought Jessica Lange as his wife and Juliette Lewis as the daughter were unappealing and miscast. I prefer the original version of "Cape Fear" with Robert Mitchum and Gregory Peck.