Years have passed since his last adventure, but José Luis Torrente, the most politically incorrect former cop in Spain, still sees himself as a national hero.
Ratings
Curator score: 1.1/10
IMDb: 6.1/10
Letterboxd: 2.60/5
TMDB: 6.3/10
Director
Santiago Segura
Production
Bowfinger, Atresmedia Cine, Amiguetes Entertainment
Cast
Santiago Segura, Fernando Esteso, Gabino Diego, Carlos Areces, Josele Román, Leo Harlem, Ramón Langa, Kevin Spacey, Alec Baldwin, Ana Rosa Quintana, Javier Cámara, Javier Gutiérrez, Mariano Rajoy Brey, Pablo Motos, El Gran Wyoming, Gonzalo Miró, Marta Flich, José Luis Moreno, Bertín Osborne, Mari Cielo Pajares
Curator Review
Verdict
A loud, shameless political-cameo comedy that seems to deliver exactly what the Torrente franchise promises: tabloid chaos, crude satire, and a barrage of recognizable faces. The audience response suggests it works best as a social grenade and a fan-service event rather than as a tightly built comedy.
Best for
fans of the Torrente series
viewers who enjoy vulgar, boundary-pushing satire
audiences who like celebrity cameo parades
people in the mood for broad Spanish mainstream comedy
Skip if
you need elegant or subtle humor
you dislike crude, offensive, or politically incorrect jokes
cameo-heavy crowd-pleasers usually feel lazy to you
you expect strong plotting or polished film craft
Overview
Torrente for President looks like a franchise entry built on escalation: bigger targets, more cameos, and even less interest in restraint. The Letterboxd reaction points to a movie that is knowingly messy, often stupid, and frequently offensive, but also engineered to provoke laughter through recognition and sheer audacity.
Worth noting
That makes it hard to call it genuinely good in a traditional sense. The appeal is less about narrative precision than about cultural chaos, especially if you understand the Spanish political and celebrity ecosystem it is lampooning. For fans, the pleasure is in the spectacle of a character who remains proudly toxic while the movie keeps throwing new faces and new taboos into the blender.
Bottom line
If you want disciplined satire, this is probably not the place. If you want a rowdy, lowbrow, highly local comedy that behaves like a national in-joke with a megaphone, it may be exactly the kind of disaster you were hoping for.
Top Letterboxd reviews
Julia (0.5★) · 743 likes
no sale epstein de cameo porque ya está ahorcado
6iul14 (1★) · 352 likes
porque estoy viendo el hormiguero en el cine
Randy Meeks (1★) · 297 likes
Festival de cameos con el mismo argumento que un especial de José Mota.
Armando García (2★) · 221 likes
Torrente Presidente es literalmente el equivalente en el cine español a Vengadores: Endgame.
Ivan Hachez (3★) · 167 likes
Qué nota pongo a una peli que me parece muy mala pero con la que me lo paso tremendamente bien? Cinematográficamente no aporta mucho, sabemos a lo que venimos, pero socialmente no deja títere con cabeza. Festival de cameos, Y ESE CAMEO
1999 · Comedy, Drama · 1h 43m · R · Curator 7.8/10 (309.8K ratings) · Where to watch: fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, MGM Plus, Philo
For viewers who like political nastiness and social cruelty, this is a smarter, more precise election-night poison pill.