back in 1995 and barry sonnenfeld direct a movie that end up on many critic best of list by the time the year recap be be print in entertainment publication . the movie be get shorty and it give lead star john travolta his second big hit in a many year after pulp fiction put him back in front of the paparazzo lenses . base on a novel by elmore leonard and the film focus on wise guy chili palmer ( travolta ) and his attempt to break into the movie business . i and for one and be completely capture by the diverse character and crisp dialogue of the original . so much so and that when i hear there be go to be a sequel and i seem to forgo my usual shivering that occur when a studio try to rehash what be a good idea over ten year later . the sequel and also base on a novel by leonard and be this time direct by f. gary gray who italian job in 2003 be one of the year high gross film . couple that with the cast now expand to include uma thurman and harvey keitel and cedric the entertainer and the rock and vince vaughn and james wood and you have all the making of a great continuance in the exploit of one of the more interesting character of the 1990 . this time round we pick up a chili ( travolta ) be leave the movie business after be disappoint in both himself and the industry for participate in the making of a sequel to his successful first film . thanks in small part to his friend and tommy athens ( wood ) and the misfortune of his death and chili decides to look into the lucrative and dangerous music industry . this first lead to the famous viper club where chili meet sing sensation linda moon ( christina milian ) who a lead of an upstart trio and can belt out tune like whitney houston ( that be and the whitney before bobby brown start bring home the small package of sugar ) . linda be under contract with raji ( vaughn ) who and with his overly apparent gay bodyguard elliot wilhelm ( the rock ) and plan to ensure linda fulfill the final five year of her contract even if that mean put chili on ice . so with linda future in the balance and chili weave an interesting web which will include a record producer ( thurman ) and a gangsta sound mixer ( cedric ) and the russian mob and the police and aerosmith lead singer steven tyler and a whole lot of angry gun point . woo wheee . that sound exciting . so why wasn not it . be cool try too hard to and well and be cool . but the result be a film that unlike the original and have no heart and no soul . be cool feel instead like it be direct by a saturday night live producer a there be individual scene or skit that do not string together over a whole movie . take for example the scene where travolta and thurman dance together for the first time since pulp fiction and a black eyed pea performs live in the background . the scene be force and should have end up on the cutting room floor . instead and it be couple between two other needless chapter that do nothing to push the story forward with any real thrust . the aerosmith concert and and the rock trip to a boot shop be also prime example of individual moment that do not amount to much of a movie when put together . but those aren not the only issue with the sequel which could probably be rename product placement with the amount of 2 way and diet pepsi that seem to stare at you more intensely than chili serious look . the story contain just about every stereotype imaginable and each one have just enough screen time to become slightly offensive or embarrass . whether it be the gangsta entourage or the gay muscle guy that have a movie poster of sylvester stallone rhinestone on the wall and no character be above offer u anything we haven not see many time before and in much good film . with the magic all but go from the first film and we end up with an inferior product that be the second film in the past six month ( ocean 13 be the other ) that cram a bunch of star onto a marquee only to end up a a movie that no actor would bring to an open audition . be cool be a major disappointment . i so want it to be the get shorty of the new millennium and i end up with a film where the outtake must have be a gas and but experience leave me with a stinker .