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Shaft (2000)

R 06/15/2000 Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller 1h 39m
60%
User
Score
6.0/10
67%
50/100

Still the man, any questions?

Overview

New York police detective John Shaft arrests Walter Wade Jr. for a racially motivated slaying. But the only eyewitness disappears, and Wade jumps bail for Switzerland. Two years later Wade returns to face trial, confident his money and influence will get him acquitted -- especially since he's paid a drug kingpin to kill the witness.

John Singleton

Director

Shane Salerno

Story

Richard Price

Screenplay

Part of the Shaft (Reboot) Collection

Includes Shaft and other great movies.

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Top Billed Cast

Samuel L. Jackson

Samuel L. Jackson

John Shaft

Vanessa Williams

Vanessa Williams

Carmen Vasquez

Jeffrey Wright

Jeffrey Wright

Peoples Hernandez

Christian Bale

Christian Bale

Walter Wade, Jr.

Busta Rhymes

Busta Rhymes

Rasaan

Dan Hedaya

Dan Hedaya

Jack Roselli

Toni Collette

Toni Collette

Diane Palmieri

Richard Roundtree

Richard Roundtree

"Uncle" John Shaft

Ruben Santiago-Hudson

Ruben Santiago-Hudson

Jimmy Groves

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Media

Shaft - Trailer

Shaft - Trailer

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Reviews

A review by John Chard

Written on July 6, 2015

I know cats who'd take out whole zipcodes for that kind of cheese.

Remakes do work occasionally, case in point Shaft, John Singleton's update of the 1971 Blacksploitation movie that starred Richard Roundtree as the title character. Roundtree gets a part in this one as well, playing the uncle of Samuel L. Jackson's title character, John Shaft.

It's the perfect role for Jackson, lashings of cool and menace, on his bulky shoulders dose the film easily rest. Plot finds Shaft turning in his badge after the law proves useless to let racist murderer Walter Wade Junior (Christian Bale a sneering villain but awesome looking in a tux) out on the streets. Shaft vows to bring Wade to justice, by any means necessary. Though he also has other things on his plate, namely Latino drug lord Peoples He...

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A review by Wuchak

Written on August 8, 2021

_**A black detective in Gotham desperately wants to nail a snooty racist murderer**_

The nephew of the original John Shaft is a detective in New York City (Samuel L. Jackson) where he tries to apprehend an arrogant racist killer (Christian Bale) by finding a key witness (Toni Collette) while dealing with a gang lord (Jeffrey Wright) and corrupt cops. Vanessa Williams is on hand as a helpful officer.

“Shaft” (2000) is a ‘hip’ crime thriller that resurrects the franchise 27 years after the original trilogy from 1971-1973 that featured Richard Roundtree in the title role (he returns here as the aged uncle). The cast and filmmaking are fine; the problem is the lame story with which they’re shackled.

The key crime in the opening act is glaringly weak. Bale’s character is ...

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