6/10
Second entry in ¨Torrente series¨ starred by the most grotesque and dirty detective well played by Santiago Segura
8 April 2015
Featuring politically incorrect private detective Torrente (Santiago Segura) , he is a lazy, rude , despicable drunkard , caring only about protecting and serving himself . 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 . This time he is moved to Marbella, where , after being wiped out of the money he had gained , has returned to private investigation . As usual , being helped by Cuco (Gabino Diego) , both of whom attempt to detain the local Mafia . Meanwhile , Torrente falls in love for a beautiful singer (Ines Sastre) but is utterly rejected . In one of his cases he discovers the illegalities and irregularities of a powerful magnate (Jose Luis Moreno) and gets involved in the middle of a nasty's missile plot to destroy the city and his own uncle's blackmail operation .

This is 2º installment in Torrente series . These films are made to entertain , and this movie , especially for a good time and a nice entertainment . "Torrente 2" 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 chases and many other things . The picture contains thrills , nosy action , tongue-in-cheek , profanities , grotesque situations and above all , humor . 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" very slutty , clumsy , sexist , 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 it's a pathetic character , though he also has his charms . Torrente 2 grossed more than €22 million in 2001 and the first Torrente, which set box office records in its day, took $707,000 . The film contains many cameos of famous people, familiar faces such as Tony Leblanc , Juanito Navarro , Joe Luis Lopez Vazquez , Paloma Cela , Santi Millan , Jose Mota , Pablo Carbonel ,among others . This film will not disappoint Santiago Segura fans.

The first outing was ¨Torrente El Brazo Tonto De La Ley¨ in which he fights against the oriental mafia in Madrid , being starred by Javier Cámara , Neus Asensi , Chus Lampreave , Tony Leblanc , Antonio De La Torre ; ¨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
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