Torrente, the dumb arm of the law (1998)

Original title

Torrente: El Brazo Tonto De La Ley

Directed by

Santiago Segura

Genre

comedy film, action film, crime film, thriller film, black comedy film

Country

Spain

Runtime

1h 37m

Rated

18

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 330 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This Spanish dark comedy follows a racist and corrupt former police agent who stumbles through a bungling crime plot. His crude and clownish behavior leads to a series of absurd and violent situations.

cartoonishoutrageousoffensivedarkly comicfast-pacedchaoticcrasssatiricalover-the-top

What happens

Torrente, the Dumb Arm of the Law (Spanish: Torrente, el brazo tonto de la ley) is a 1998 Spanish dark comedy film written and directed by Santiago Segura, who stars as José Luis Torrente, a racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, and fascist former police agent. Characterized by its deliberately cartoonish humor, it proved to be a massive box office hit, and Torrente became part of Spanish contemporary popular culture. This film won two Goya Awards and it became the highest-grossing film in the history of Spanish cinema, later surpassed by its sequel, Torrente 2: Misión en Marbella. It also launched the Torrente film series by Santiago Segura, who directed the sequel, the third (Torrente 3: El protector), the fourth (Torrente 4: Lethal Crisis) and fifth (Torrente 5: Operación Eurovegas) films. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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