
Killing Them Softly(2012)
Jackie Cogan is an enforcer hired to restore order after three dumb guys rob a Mob protected card game, causing the local criminal economy to collapse.


“Attitude plays a part.”
Chili Palmer is a Miami mobster who gets sent to L.A. to collect a bad debt from Harry Zimm, a Hollywood producer who specializes in cheesy horror films. When Chili meets Harry's leading lady, the romantic sparks fly. After pitching his own life story as a movie idea, Chili learns that being a mobster and being a Hollywood producer really aren't all that different.

John Travolta
Chili Palmer

Gene Hackman
Harry Zimm

Rene Russo
Karen Flores

Danny DeVito
Martin Weir

Dennis Farina
Ray 'Bones' Barboni

Delroy Lindo
Bo Catlett

James Gandolfini
Bear

Jon Gries
Ronnie Wingate

Renee Props
Nicki

David Paymer
Leo Devoe
Get Shorty is a comedy, thriller, crime film released in 1995 exploring themes of based on novel or book, miami, florida, gambling, gangster, money, murder. Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld, it stars John Travolta, Gene Hackman, Rene Russo. Chili Palmer is a Miami mobster who gets sent to L.A. to collect a bad debt from Harry Zimm, a Hollywood producer who specializes in cheesy horror films. When Chili meets Harry's leading lady, the romantic sparks fly. After pitching his own life story as a movie idea, Chili learns that being a mobster and being a Hollywood producer really aren't all that different.
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