MGM
Directed by F. Gary Gray
Starring: John Travolta, Uma Thurman, The Rock, Vince Vaughn, Andre 3000, Paul Adelstein, Scott Adsit, Kimberly J. Brown, Cedric the Entertainer, Brian Christensen, Keila Collins, Danny DeVito, Carol Duboc, James Gandolfini, Arielle Kebbel, Harvey Keitel, Alex Kubik, Nick Loren, Debi Mazar, Christina Milian, Minae Noji, Lance Norris, Steven Tyler
John Travolta is back as Chili Palmer in Be Cool, a sequel to the comedy smash Get Shorty. This time, Chili becomes a different kind of hit man – he abandons the movie industry to bring his wiseguy skills and negotiation tactics to the music business.
When a friend is offed while they’re at lunch, Chili takes the opportunity to visit the guy’s wife, Edie (Thurman), and pitch himself as her new business partner at an independent record label. With a promising young pop-star-in-training as his protege (Milian), Chili has to juggle her faux-urban manager (Vaughn), his gay, wannabe-actor bodyguard (The Rock), Russian mobsters, and an eloquent gangsta music producer (Cedric) to save the label and land a hit – and keep from getting popped himself.