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GET SHORTY (1995). Quite intricate with a lot of characters to keep up, but is still a favorite with John Travolta shining as a movie obsessed Loan Shark who goes to LA to collect a loan. On the way, he meets a B Movie Producer (Gene Hackman reminds me a lot of Roger Corman, although Rog had more success), romamces a Scream Queen, tangles with two drug dealers as well as tangle with a mobster-Dennis Farina is a delight as the stupid, violent and foul mouthed hoodlum. With aplomb Humphrey Bogart would have envied, he wraps it all up without breaking a sweat. *****
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