''Torrente 2: Mission in Marbella'' ( es, Torrente 2: misión en Marbella, links=no) is a 2001 Spanish black comedy action film. It is a sequel to ''

Torrente, the Dumb Arm of the Law ''Torrente, the Dumb Arm of the Law'' ( es, Torrente, el brazo tonto de la ley, links=no) is a 1998 Spanish dark comedy film written and directed by Santiago Segura, who stars as José Luis Torrente, a racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, and ...

'', and, like the first installment, it was written and directed by Santiago Segura, who takes the leading role of

José Luis Torrente José Luis Torrente is a fictional character created by Spanish actor and director Santiago Segura and the main character in the ''Torrente'' scatological and dark comedy-action film series. The series so far includes five films; ''Torrente: El ...

. It surpassed its predecessor as the highest-grossing Spanish film of all time.

Plot

Torrente has moved to Marbella, where, after being wiped out of the money he had gained, he has returned to private investigation. But in one of his cases he gets involved in the middle of a villain's missile plot to destroy the city and his own uncle's blackmail operation... and he knows nothing.

Cast

* Santiago Segura as

* Gabino Diego as Cuco * Tony Leblanc as Mauricio Torrente *José Luis Moreno as Spinelli *

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as Bella cantante * Arturo Valls as Fabiano * Juanito Navarro as Alcalde de Marbella *Eloi Yebra as Gayolo *Rosanna Walls as Robertson *Carolina Bona as Lolita *

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as Casera * José Luis López Vázquez as Guijarro *Manuel Barragán as himself *To note the participation of the tennis player Carlos Moya which makes an appearance as tennis coach

Production locations

* Marbella * Madrid *

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Reception

The film had the second highest-grossing weekend ever in Spain behind ''

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'' and became Spain's highest-grossing film of all time with a gross of $21 million.

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