Get crazy with Be Cool

Alex Switzer

“Look at me … biatch!”

If you want to be cool, go see this cool movie, because with a Burberry jacket, a fluffy white pimp hat and some cuh-raay-zee attitude — you can land yo’ self a record contract to fame my babies!

There isn’t a better man’s voice to resonate throughout Hollywood as the white gangster than Vince Vaughn, as he and his “color-coordinated” bodyguard join in on the “Be Cool” adventure of fear and gloating in Los Angeles with just about every big-name celebrity.

John Travolta plays Chili Palmer, a movie producer looking for a new swing in the entertainment industry.

When James Woods is whacked by the ever-present Russian mob — yes, the cast is so impressive that Woods is killed within the first four minutes — Travolta hooks up with his “Pulp Fiction” flame Uma Thurman as he helps her recover her dead husband’s music label, NTL Records.

Any star-struck audience member could sit in front of this movie for about 7 months, counting every single Hollywood A-List celeb who is packed into these two hours — Danny Devito, Outkast’s Andre Benjamin, Aerosmith (yes, the whole band), Seth Green and the entire L.A. Lakers squad, just to name a few.

Yet in consequence, the producers’ seemingly endless VIP list overshadows the actual purpose of the film — to be entertaining. This film is no doubt “cool” to watch and see who shows up, but many of the scenes are too drawn out, dry and filled with some overzealous acting — obviously a byproduct of half of Hollywood trying to get his or her air time.

Besides some of the obscure music-biz jargon, which is never explained, and the fact that they threw Steven Tyler into an acting role — equivalent of throwing a cheetah into a swimming pool — there are some humorous parts, mainly thanks to the duo of Vince Vaughn and The Rock, who plays Vaughn’s gay bodyguard.

What is most enjoyable about these two is they are not afraid to make fun of themselves, as The Rock does when he concedes that his only good acting skill is his famous raised eyebrow. The two make fools of themselves and play off each other’s idiocy to make quite the couple.

This film is a genuine mix of the good, the bad and the famous — and with so much celebrity potential, it is too bad this film was more famous than good.