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Plot Summary:
For this second film in the cult comedy series Torrente takes our fat police officer from Madrid to Marbella in Spain to investigate a villain’s plot to destroy the city with a missile. This James Bond style slapstick comedy became the most successful box-office film in Spanish film history beating out only the first Torrente film.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Spain
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, semi serious, action comedy, detective, realistic, slapstick
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IMDB Votes: 630
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IMDB Votes: 4000
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