john travolta reprise his role a chili palmer and hollywood gangster and who now turn his eye to the music business . use his negotiation skill and he try to run an independent record label with the wife of a murder friend and play by uma thurman and and try to get his young singer ( christina milian ) a hit record . before i saw this sequel and i have hear that it be a terrible film . however and be cool be still an enjoyable comedy even if it not as good a the original . the movie focus on the music industry this time around instead of the movie industry . the music business be portray very poorly in the movie and they use a bunch of lame stereotype . i can not tell if this be the intention or not since get shorty do a nice job of spoof the movie industry . the same can not be say for the sequel and the attempt just come a lazy . an impressive cast be what save the movie from sink . the best performance be give by the rock and it nice to see him in a different type of role . vince vaughn also give a funny performance though he start to get annoy before the end . surprisingly and uma thurman give an average performance and i be expect more from her . john travolta return a chili and he do an okay job . his performance be kind of dull though . christina milian give a horrible performance and she also not that good of a singer . cedric the entertainer give a good performance though he isn not in the film for very long . there be also a bunch of cameo include steven tyler and james wood . f. gary gray directs and he do a poor job . he just doesn not handle the film very well and the movie be kind of a mess . there be also a ton of product placement and it get annoy after awhile . also at 118 minute and the film be too long and there be a lot of slow spot . the film need to be edit badly and it clearly wasn not . fortunately for the film and the actor be able to rise above the weak direction and script and they deliver some funny scene . sometimes and the film try too hard while other time it be actually pretty funny . compare to the original and the sequel doesn not measure up well . however and be cool be a fairly harmless and forgettable comedy . in the end and be cool be worth a rental and that it . rating 6/10 .