Be Cool [2005] - DVD movie

Be Cool takes its own advice: It's slick, Hollywood entertainment that kills two amusing hours with relative ease and comfort. Better than leftovers but not as tasty as a full-course meal, this sequel to 1995's hit comedy Get Shorty finds former loan shark Chili Palmer itching to get out of the movie business, so he hooks up with a newly widowed music executive to launch the career of an up-'n-coming Beyoncé-like singer . A mock-black manager , his sleazy boss , and an upscale gangsta-rap executive all have a competing stake in the fast-rising pop diva's future, and this sets the plot rolling in a fun but rather hand-me-down fashion that lacks the savvy panache of Get Shorty but...