'Be Cool' is a sequel to 'Get Shorty' made 10 years later, and is a shining example of yesterday's curd turned sour. The story is about Chili Palmer trying his hand at the cut-throat movie industry, after convulsing with the movie-flu he was down with in 'Get Shorty'. He teams up with Elsie Athens, widow of his long-lost friend James Woods, in a hunt for that one thundering hit.
Throughly enamored by teen singing sensation Linda Moon, he is down with the itch of playing her godpapa in the industry. But the baby crooner is already in a contract with the joke of a record label com....