Apple TV’s Cape Fear remake turns it into a paranoid tech thriller
Andrew joined The Verge in 2012, writing over 4,000 stories.Cape Fear has always been a thriller about paranoia. The series is essentially a brand-new story within a similar premise, and it makes a number of significant changes to make it both fit the new episodic format and feel right at home in the present day. One of the most salient updates is how it utilizes various forms of technology to make its characters — and audience — feel increasingly destabilized.In the just-wrapped 10-episode season, convicted murderer Max Cady (Javier Bardem) is released 17 years into a life sentence after someone else confesses to the crime.
- ▪Andrew joined The Verge in 2012, writing over 4,000 stories.Cape Fear has always been a thriller about paranoia.
- ▪The series is essentially a brand-new story within a similar premise, and it makes a number of significant changes to make it both fit the new episodic format and feel right at home in the present day.
- ▪One of the most salient updates is how it utilizes various forms of technology to make its characters — and audience — feel increasingly destabilized.In the just-wrapped 10-episode season, convicted murderer Max Cady (Javier Bardem) is rele
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