MonsterPerfect Good idea lost in the noise

BroadcastChic Excellent, a Must See

Holstra Boring, long, and too preachy.

Lollivan It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

carbuff Same review applies to the entire series of the first four Torrente films--they are very similar in concept and execution, and I binge- watched them all because I liked them so much. I think that this is real love it or hate it stuff, and God I love it. I'm guessing 7 out of 10 people won't appreciate this material at all, while the other 3 who are a bit twisted like me won't be able to get enough. It helps to have some knowledge of European culture and politics, but it's not essential--a well-honed appreciation of outstanding low-brow humor is sorely needed though. Yes, all the films are Spanish subtitled in English, but in very easy to read yellow lettering so it's no big deal at all. Most women I'm guessing will be turned off by these flicks. It's best to watch them in order. They play like the work of some deranged, Spanish genius, love-child of Mad Magazine and National Lampoon hopped-up on steroids, testosterone, tons of junk food, pornography, and some ungodly mix of alcohol and illegal drugs. These satires are rude, crude, lewd, insensitive, offensive, amoral, sexist, racist, homophobic, grossly politically incorrect and hilarious (with likely no socially redeeming value). What more could you ask for? If this kind of material doesn't appeal to you, steer clear; otherwise, bon appetit. As for me, all I can say is, "Please, Sir, I want some more." (I've just noticed that number 5 has been made, and I'm dying to see it.)

ma-cortes First entry in ¨Torrente series¨ starred by the most grotesque detective and well played by Santiago Segura, he is a real private dick , a poster child for police corruption . Featuring politically incorrect private detective Torrente (Santiago Segura) , he is a macho man , lazy , rude , drunkard , Athletic fan , caring only about protecting and serving himself , here he fights against the oriental mafia in Madrid and patrolling the city looking for delinquents . Despite that, he still manages to get the job done . Torrente follows the exploits of Jose Luis Torrente , a Bad Santa of the police force , a peculiar and fatty man , being a ¨El Fari¨ fan . Torrente was rejected from police duty and he has returned to private investigation . He lives in a rotten flat with his wheelchair-bound daddy (Tony Leblanc) , whom he treats quite badly and wipes out of the money he had gained in begging . One day, in his decrepit slum appears a new family of neighbours move in , and the gorgeous young , Amparito (Neus Asensi) , catches his eye . Cheesy Torrente becomes a good friend Rafi (Javier Camera) , to get closer to her . Rafi is a naive young who loves action movies , guns and imitates Robert De Niro's Taxi driver . Later on , the botcher dirty private eye , being helped by Rafi, her nerdy neighbour and a group of geeks , all of them attempt to detain the local Mafia . In one of his cases he discovers the illegalities and irregularities of a powerful drug lord (Espartaco Santoni) and gets involved in the middle of a nasty's plot to introduce lots of drug in the city . As we find our anti-hero in a delicate situation but he can count on to help him some people , as Rafi and his equally geek friends ; one of them results to be a Karate man , Bruce Lee/Mark Dacascos enthusiast , using Shuriken and other Ninja weapons . This is 1º installment in Torrente series . These films are made to entertain , and this movie , especially for a good time and a nice entertainment . "Torrente" is a passable and unapologetic dark comedy with great special effects , it has several funny and hilarious scenes and quite successful action scenes with persecution , car crashes and many other things . The picture contains thrills , noisy action , tongue-in-cheek , grotesque situations and above all , humor . Although there are also nudism , bad-mouthed language , bad taste jokes and profanities . Torrente 2 is written, directed, produced and stars Segura, whose production house Amiguetes Entertainment produced the film , UIP holds Spanish distribution rights . The screenplay is absurd as well as crazy , just what makes laugh a lot , that the character "Torrente" a very slutty , clumsy , sexist , Machista , extreme-right-wing , on a real person is despicable , being not adequate , but this is a film that satirizes all this and that just means he's a pathetic character , though he also has his unsettling charms . Here Torrente discovers that a band of drug traffickers are operating in a nearby Chinese restaurant and along the way , he falls in love for sexy Neus Asensi . This first Torrente, which set box office records in its day, took $707,000 and Torrente 2 grossed more than €22 million in 2001 . The film contains many cameos of famous people, familiar faces such as Javier Bardem , Carlos Bardem , Chus Lampreave , Tony Leblanc , Antonio De La Torre , Luis Manquiña , Espartaco Santoni , El Gran Wyoming , Daniel Monzón , Mariola Fuentes , Pablo Carbonell , Manuel Tafalle , Luis Cuenca ,among others . The cameos are very amusing and fun and there are lots of laughters and jokes . The movie contains a colorful and adequate cinematography by Carles Gusi . Thrilling as well as appropriate musical score by Roque Baños . Santiago Segura dares to make films with total entertainment and bemusement . And "Torrente " is pure eschatological fun , it is 90 and some minutes of fun and laughters . It is a commendable effort by Santiago Segura to make a film like this . Few directors are able to achieve results as ¨Torrente¨ , the biggest box-office in Spain until ¨8 Apellidos Vascos¨. This film will not disappoint Santiago Segura fans.The first outing was this ¨Torrente El Brazo Tonto De La Ley¨ , being followed by "Torrente 2: Mission in Marbella", with Juanito Navarro , Jose Luis Lopez Vazquez , Paloma Cela , Santi Millan , Jose Mota , Pablo Carbonel ,among others ; ¨Torrente 3 El Protector¨ in which the horrendous Spanish detective becomes a bodyguard , being performed by José Mota , Javier Gutiérrez , Carlos Latre , Yvonne Sciò , Eduardo García , Fabio Testi ; ¨Torrente 4 Lethal crisis¨ with Carlos Areces , Kiko Rivera , Javier Gutiérrez , Fernando Esteso and ¨Torrente V: Misión Eurovegas¨ with Alec Baldwin , Anna Simon ,Neus Asensi , Pablo Motos , Chus Lampreave ,Andrés Pajares . The movies were written by, directed by and starred popular Spanish comedian-director Santiago Segura and is getting the remake treatment from New Line Cinema ; all of them were produced by Andres Vicente Gomez, who exec produced the Academy Award-winning Belle Epoque

Rodion15 A bull's eye. A sarcastic rock-bottom insight into the worst of Franco's inheritance. It's like a Quijote of modern Spain. As its director commented himself `All Spaniards have a Torrente inside, the more vigorous that Torrente is, the worst we are'. Just those who fear their inner Torrente won't take advantage of this therapeutic movie.

teje This was movie of the year in Spain in 1998 following Ulloas success with Airbag the year before. It's about a truly revolting cop in Madrid. He's a sexist,egotistical,dirty pig. There are some memorable scenes in the film and it's quite funny if you don't have any problems with political correctness. It's probably more fun to a Spanish audience who get the jokes about Atlético Madrid fans, "in" expressions and other national references. A Spanish viewer can also appreciate all the cameos. Some of Spain's most renowned actors appear in little parts and add an extra twist to it all. The pace of the movie is fast and there are no dull moments. Go and see it if you can but have a couple of beers before you go.