Be Cool

This is the sequel to the movie 'Get Shorty' that I reviewed a couple of months ago.  Once again, they don't mind being self-referential and have a go at the movie business.  The very first line John Travolta speaks is " I hate sequels"!  He's talking about "Get Lost", the sequel to his movie he made in "Get Shorty" but he is equally talking about this movie and the Hollywood factory itself.
The story has Chili Palmer unsatisfied with his movie-making career.  While a music producer, played by James Woods, is pitching his idea for a movie about his life to Chili, he is gunned down and Chili sees the Russian gunman responsible.  Chili then goes to see the widow, played by Uma Thurman, together again after Pulp Fiction.  He finds out her husband owed a lot of money and he decides he wants out of the movie business and to get into the music business.  To start with he gets Linda Moon, a singer in a group called The Chicks, and tells her manager that she is with him now and is out of her 5 year contract.  Her manager is played by Vince Vaughan, annoyingly hilarious as Raji, a guy who talks like he is a black man, a very bad stereo-typical black man!  His bodyguard is played by Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson as a gay man who wants to get into movies.  He is very funny.  Vince Vaughan's boss is played by Harvey Keitel who holds the contract to ransom. 
MEANWHILE, there is a gangsta rap music producers also wanting their money that is owed to them by James Wood, who had hired the Russian's to kill him.  This movie is just as convoluted, if not more, than the first film!
Steven Tyler from Aerosmith plays himself when Chili asks to get Linda to support his group at an upcoming concert.  Steven says "I'm not one of those singers who appears in movies!" Also The Black Eyed Peas play a concert where John and Uma get to dance together again!  That was cool!
Another funny thing was John gets his car replaced, AGAIN, but this time by a hybrid.  In a little wink, he looks up to a billboard showing Tom Hanks, who is very passionate about his hybrid vehicles!  Danny DeVito returns as Martin Weir and they share a moment about the car: Martin asks Chili about the car and Chili replies, "It's the Cadillac of hybrids".  Martin then asks about the speed, implying they are not very fast, "If You're important, people will wait!"  Nice line!
This wasn't a bad movie, it had some funny lines in it but wasn't as good as "Get Shorty". I give it 6/10.