Hollywood remakes seldom work. That happens even to films made by some of best directors in history of American cinema. One of them is Martin Scorsese whose 1991 thriller *Cape Fear* is considered to be one of the lesser works in his impressive filmography. The film is based on *The Executioners*, novel by John D. McDonald which was first adapted as in 1962 as *Cape Fear*, black-and-white film directed by J. Lee Tho…