Miami loan shark Chili Palmer is ice-cool, whether he’s retrieving stolen property or collecting money for the mob. Chasing a bad debt leads him to the bright lights of Hollywood - and to a true story that would make a great movie. Soon he’s pitching it to Harry Zimm, a B-grace horror flick producer trying to make a comeback.
Aas the lure of Tinseltown’s dream-makers and gorgeous wannabe starlets becomes increasingly hard to resist, Chili gets caught up in murder, revenge and romance. Will his killer movie ever get made, or will it just get him killed……?