Be Cool

The sequel to Get Shorty is remarkably bad | Andrew Coffin

In 1995, Get Shorty caught John Travolta on the rise, just after his career-reviving role in Pulp Fiction. The role of Chili Palmer, a shylock who brings his criminal cool to bear as a movie producer, helped cement Mr. Travolta's return to leading-man status.

While of dubious moral value, Get Shorty was a vibrant effort on many fronts. In addition to a good soundtrack, the movie's skewering of the business of Hollywood as not very different than organized crime is priceless.

Be Cool attempts to move Chili (Mr. Travolta) from the movie business to the music business. Both movies and music suffer in the resulting abomination, a film that demonstrates no good reason for its existence except to capitalize on a (modest) 10-year-old success.

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