Action movies today are so lost when it comes to what suspense is really about. They concentrate in the cars exploding, in the slow motion bullets and forget what makes a movie special. One of those things is a good villain. Think about the really cool James Bond movies, if the villain is interesting, the movie is good.
Watching "The Street with no Name", a movie from 1947 on Cinemax, was a good reminder of this. Richard Widmark had to be the meanest, most unrepentant villain in movies. The way he talked, his smile. You know this guy is always up to no good.
The movie itself concerns an FBI agent infiltrating a gang of robbers. But forget about that. It's about that Richard Widmark smile. That frightening smirk.
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