Touch of Evil (1958)

Touch of Evil (1958) directed by Orson Welles was an older film and a classic film noir. It’s an American film about an investigation that involves both United States and Mexican police force because it happens near the borderline of both countries. A Mexican detected named Vargas (Charleston Heston) and his new wife (Janet Leigh) who hears a loud explosion from afar, realizing it’s a car that just blew up near the border that had a bomb implanted in it. The newly wed couple was supposed to be on their honeymoon but instead, Vargas decides to inspect this investigation. Captain Hank Quinlan (Orson Welles) is in charge of the American police investigating this situation. He is not the friendliest man and seems to be very suspicious. He claims to stand up for the law, yet he tries to blame the investigation all on a young Mexican man. Vargas tries to fight against this because it is a false accusation, and he gets into a lot of trouble, meanwhile his wife is held captured back at the motel where they are staying by a man by the name of Grande. As the plot develops, it becomes very clear that Vargas cannot trust Quinlan because he is corrupt. Vargas then has to prove that the heroic head investigator or the American police is really making things worse than better.
This film was kind of confusing at times because it was all over the place. I had problems following the plot and where exactly it was going. Once I kept found out information a little bit at a time it all came together at the end. I think a lot of people in this film are not what you expect them to really be towards the end of the film. I didn’t enjoy watching this movie. It was too old for me and it didn’t grasp a lot of my interest.