Torrente: The Dumb Arm of the Law

Torrente: The Dumb Arm of the Law (1998) is a Spanish criminal comedy you can watch online on iFILM. Writer-director Santiago Segura also stars as the title character — a fired cop who is racist, drunk, and deeply committed to doing as little as possible, yet somehow decides to take down a heroin ring running out of a local Chinese restaurant.

Torrente is proudly awful. He drags his nerdy neighbor Rafi into the operation, and the two of them fumble through an investigation that causes more damage than any criminal in the film. The movie became the highest-grossing Spanish release of its era and kicked off a long-running franchise. Stream Torrente (1998) on iFILM — it rewards anyone with a high tolerance for cheerful incompetence.