Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Simple
- Violence
- Mild
- irreverent
- vulgar
- chaotic
- late night comedy
- group viewing
What sets it apart
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José Luis Torrente is a rude, lewd, crude ex-police officer whose personal corruption and ineptitude drive the story.
Torrente faces jail time through a twisted irony that puts him where he has sent guilty and innocent people.
The protagonist's legal jeopardy and criminally inflected predicament are presented through an exaggerated comedic framework.
The film foregrounds Torrente's crude behavior and uses offensive, lewd comedy as a defining stylistic strategy.
Films like Torrente 4: Lethal crisis, and why
Torrente 3: El protector
crude antihero comedy, criminal misadventures, and aggressively irreverent humor
Torrente 2: Misión en Marbella
Spanish lowbrow crime comedy built around a vulgar, incompetent protagonist
The Naked Gun
raunchy crime farce featuring an ethically dubious antihero and broad physical humor
Movie Details
- Director
- Santiago Segura
- Release Date
- 2011-03-11
- Runtime
- 93 min
- Rating
- 5.5 / 10 (203)
Cast
- Santiago Segura
- Carlos Areces
- Goyo Jiménez
- Javier Gutiérrez
- Ernesto Sevilla
- Maria Lapiedra
- Francisco
- Tomás Pozzi
- Fernando Esteso
- Kiko Rivera
Common questions
- What is Torrente 4: Lethal crisis about?
- A disgraced Spanish ex-cop's grotesque legal predicament turns his own history of abusing authority into a vulgar crime farce.
- What is Torrente 4: Lethal crisis like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Torrente 4: Lethal crisis as brisk, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as simple.
- Is Torrente 4: Lethal crisis violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Torrente 4: Lethal crisis as mild.
- Which films are like Torrente 4: Lethal crisis?
- Films with a similar feel include Torrente 3: El protector, Torrente 2: Misión en Marbella, and The Naked Gun.
- How long is Torrente 4: Lethal crisis?
- Torrente 4: Lethal crisis runs 93 minutes.
