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Lethal Crisis

Torrente, saviour of the Spanish film industry

March 31, 2011 by Nick Lyne Leave a Comment

Lethal Crisis (Crisis letal) is Santiago Segura’s fourth Torrente movie; the actor-director says it will be his last: the character is “killing” him, although it’s not clear whether the Spanish comic is referring to the 40 kilos he puts on for the role, or his chances of ever winning an Oscar. Torrente 4 trots out the same smutty jokes and seul entendres as its successors, but is made all the more, well, smutty, for being in 3D (That said, this reviewer was surprised, not to say disappointed, that Segura didn’t use the costly Avatar technology at his disposal to shove the abundant breasts and genitalia liberally on display throughout in the audience’s face). It’s hardly worth … [Read more...] about Torrente, saviour of the Spanish film industry

Filed Under: Culture, Films Tagged With: González Sinde, Lethal Crisis, robert deniro, Sacha Baron Cohen, Santiago Segura, Spain cinema, spain news, Spanish cinema, spanish news, Torrente, Torrente 4

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