Touch of Evil Review

Mexican narcotics officer Mike Vargas gets sucked into a murder crime that takes place just across the boarder. However, once he gets involved he finds out about more scandal than just the crime he is trying to help solve. Police captain Quinlan has been framing suspects for quite some time and once Vargas finds out about it, Ouinlan makes things personal by trying to frame Vargas' wife.

It was very difficult for me to take Touch of Evil seriously and this could all stem from the fact that Charlton Heston was supposed to portray a Mexican. Everything about the film seemed over the top like the fumbling idiot for a motel night manager and the band of Mexican greasers who were pawns of Grandi. Too many different typical character types seemed to be forced into the movie. The plot line was fairly interesting, but not as surprising as it should have been because almost everything that happened in the movie was alluded to far before it took place which sucked out all of the shock value. The film just seemed too forced and unnatural so it was hard for me to really enjoy it.

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