Australia cable tv title torrente, the dumb arm of the law. In his first hilarious misadventure, former cop torrente santiago segura hopes to win the attention of his sexy and beautiful neighbor by taking her nerdy cousin, rafi, on his nightly crime. This over the top comedy shows torrente on his search for heroin drug dealers and the outrageous characters he passes on his way. Torrente is a lazy, rude, drunkard, sexist, racist. Torrente, the dumb arm of the law 1998 changes the. Characterized by its deliberately thick, cartoonish humor, it had a positive reception from the public and critics, making torrente part of spanish contemporary popular culture. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Jose luis torrente, a former policeman fights against the. With santiago segura, javier camara, neus asensi, chus lampreave.
Santiago segura has claimed that the inspiration for this movie was cobra 1986, that he conceived as a parody of the 80s action movies. Characterized by its deliberately thick, cartoonish humor, it had a positive reception from the public and critics, making torrente part of spanish. Not to be confused with santiago segura american actor. The dumb arm of the law jan 11, 2015 so it turns out that the first torrente film was only a slight improvement over the second one. With the sale of its equity interest in the climate operations in midyear 2015 and. Torrente, expolicier madrilene, cynique, poivrot et supporter. Icons arent always necessarily figures to revere and imitate. Aunque no te lo creas, hasta hace media hora yo era maricon. Torrente, the stupid arm of the law by santiago segura stars javier camara as a corrupt, poor, delusional, sexist, egocentric, drunk and rightwinged madrid cop named torrente.
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