Get Shorty

Get Shorty (1995)

John Travolta leads an all-star cast in this hysterical comedy. Loan shark Chili Palmer (Travolta) is bored with the business. So when he arrives in LA to collect a debt from down-and-out filmmaker Harry Zimm (Gene Hackman), Chili talks tough...and then pitches Harry a script idea. Immediately, Chili is swept into the Hollywood scene: He schmoozes film star Martin Weir (Danny DeVito), romances B-movie queen Karen Flores (Rene Russo) and even gets reservations at the hottest restaurants in town. In fact, all would be smooth for this cool new producer, if it weren't for the drug smugglersand the angry mobster who won't leave him alone.

Stars: John Cothran Jr., Danny DeVito, Dennis Farina, Martin Ferrero, James Gandolfini.

Star rating: * * * *