Torrente, the Dumb Arm of the Law

March. 13,1998      
Rating:
6.8
Trailer Synopsis Cast

Torrente, The Stupid Arm of The Law by Santiago Segura stars Javier Cámara as a corrupt, poor, delusional, sexist, egocentric, drunk and right-winged Madrid cop named Torrente. This over the top comedy shows Torrente on his search for heroin drug dealers and the outrageous characters he passes on his way. A cult film and one of the funniest Spanish films was the most successful box-office film.

Santiago Segura as  José Luis Torrente
Javier Cámara as  Rafi
Neus Asensi as  Amparito
Chus Lampreave as  Reme
Tony Leblanc as  Felipe Torrente
Jimmy Barnatán as  Toneti
Darío Paso as  Bombilla
Cañita Brava as  Antoñito
Manuel Manquiña as  Francés
Carlos Bardem as  Cayetano

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Reviews

Claysaba
1998/03/13

Excellent, Without a doubt!!

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Tedfoldol
1998/03/14

everything you have heard about this movie is true.

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Nicole
1998/03/15

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

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Cody
1998/03/16

One of the best movies of the year! Incredible from the beginning to the end.

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OJT
1998/03/17

This film is awfully fun if you like the crazy comedies in style of John Waters, or films like the amazing Ettore Scola's "Brutti, sporchi e cattivi" or "Dumb and dumber" for that matter. Bad taste comedies, that is. And this film is up there among the finest.A lot of other great comedies come to mind while watching this. If you like these kind of films, I'll also highly recommend the brilliant films "One night at McCools", "Seven psychopaths", "Drowning Mona" and "What's up, Doc?" Or the "Airplane-movies". I simply love these kind of stupidly funny films.What makes this stand out is the fabulous supporting actors roles, more than the main role. The film is filled with passages you immediately want to see again. Now, if that isn't a sign of a good crazy comedy, I don't know.Sure, it filthy, racist, disgusting and insulting, but it is as stupid as they come. The Seat- driving Commissionaire Torrente is really the dumb arm of the law.Recommended for a good laugh if you are not if the easily offended.

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arhanghell
1998/03/18

This movie is a killer! One of the funniest ever! If you like Farelly brothers's work, this will overpass everything they've done by far! Great stuff! If you see this film once you will feel that you need to see it at least one more time! Of course, you'll need to have the stomach for this kind of jokes! The other characters, Rafi and his two friends are also extremely funny! But cannot overpass Torente! Also,you have to see the sequel! An absolute killer!! I laughed so hard at this movie, that I actually cried!!! These friends of his are so stupid and cheesy, that almost all the parts with them will make your laughter hard to take! As I said, when you'll think you had enough, it comes back, bigger, longer and uncut! If you like humor and especially black and somewhat racist and apparently dumb humor, it's a must! Go see it dudes! It's all worth!

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Matt Moses
1998/03/19

Spanish auteur Santiago Segura, who wrote, directed and stars in this film, creates a decent if overly dark comedy about corruption. Segura claims to be a member of the Madrid police force, but his outlandish behavior – he drinks before going on duty and forces his wheelchair-bound father to beg to increase his income – hardly demonstrates the qualities required of a representative of the law. When sleazy nymphomaniac Neus Asensi moves in next door, he befriends her cousin, extremely nerdy Javier Cámara. When Segura and his new sidekick accidentally discover a drug ring run through a Chinese restaurant, Cámara calls in his loser friends to help. As the cast gets significantly reduced in a flurry of bullets and tragedy, Segura concludes the film with a few plot twists and the unsettling suggestion that sometimes people are as bad as they seem. An inherently unfunny story gets injected with a dose of morbid wit through Segura's approach to the characters. His attitude toward humanity appears quite dark. Everyone in the film either takes advantage of others or finds himself exploited, and no one seems to wind up punished for their wrongdoings. True, a number of maniacal drug dealers get offed, but so do all of Cámara's awkward, endearing friends. Segura follows few conventions in his portrayal of the world of his deluded cop. Chus Lampreave, familiar from several of Pedro Almodóvar's films, has a nice role as Cámara's mother.

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paulmoony
1998/03/20

A great box-office hit in spain. Full of crazy gags ignoring all decency, showing the worst part of the perfect antihero.I enjoyed all the film but specially the first half where i would say the film can be highly respectable for filmcritic standards, after that the plot takes the film to a kind of pathetic behaviour and becomes slightly senseless without need. In my opinion the great Santiago had not needed add this plot-action, that makes the film look like the kind of films he is partially laughing at.Great gag comedy, about someones (everybodies) silly self-ideas y the land of the bull.

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