This crime comedy strains for the hip, laidback vibe of Get Shorty, complete with a movie-loving hitman, played here by Tim Allen, who is awaiting the go-ahead to kill one "Cletis Tout," whom he has bound and gagged in a hotel room. Christian Slater stars as the unfortunate victim, who, in self-referential Hollywood fashion, "pitches" his story. Turns out he just "borrowed" the identity of the real Tout, who was a "bottom-feeder" photographer marked for death by the mob. At stake in all this is $4.5 million in diamonds stolen 25 years before. Giving this overbearingly quirky lemon some juice are brief appearances by Billy Connolly as a corruptible coroner and RuPaul as Tout's flamboyant neighbor. Ultimately, however, the answer to the titular query is, "Who cares?" Not recommended. (K. Lee Benson)
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Paramount, 92 min., R, VHS: $95.99, DVD: $29.99 Volume 18, Issue 2
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