Spain can be proud of having one of the very few European cinema industries able to beat Hollywood at its game. This might be explained with relatively more creative freedom and unwillingness to bow to the demands of “political correctness”. This is best embodied in the anti-hero, played by Santiago Segura, that was the title character of 1998 action comedy *Torrente, the Dumb Arm of the Law*. Its success led to 200…








