Saga Torrente

Torrente is a Spanish film series created, written, directed and played by Santiago Segura. It is one of the most known and important sagas of the Spanish film history. It is also the highest-grossing Spanish saga ever made.

The films' plot focus on the main character named Jose Luis Torrente. He is a fat, corrupt, racist and fascist retired cop who doesn't accept he doesn't belong to the Nacional Police anymore. Therefore, he begins to work as a private investigator facing all kind of dangers and criminal organizations. It is a humorous imitation of action figures such as James Bond and it criticizes the negative part of the Spanish society.

There are five movies based on this character. The first one, 'Torrente, the stupid Arm of the Law' was released in 1998. The fifth one, 'Torrente 5' was released sixteen years later in 2014.

Torrente is also famous for all the special cameos of Spanish artists and celebrities as well as great international artist such as Oliver Stone, Guillermo del Toro and Alec Bandwin.