Shaft

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Shaft

R

2000

1h 38m

Action

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Crooked cops on the take -- small-time drug lords -- sleazy informers and sadistic rich kids ready to kill --- for police detective John Shaft, its just another night in the underbelly of New York City, another shift facing down cops and criminals who want him dead and a legal system that thrives on money, not justice.

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Critics Consensus

With a charismatic lead, this new Shaft knows how to push the right buttons.

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Nell Minow

Common Sense Media

12/28/2010

4/5

A guilty pleasure for adults and older teens.

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

01/01/2000

2.5/4

Is this a good movie? Not exactly; too much of it is on automatic pilot, as it must be, to satisfy the fans of the original Shaft.

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Michael Wilmington

Chicago Tribune

01/01/2000

This new Shaft has the stuff to grab its audience in a big way, maybe even opening up a new franchise.

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Chuck Klosterman

Akron Beacon Journal

10/28/2023

3/4

This is really a totally different creation, and it ends up being almost as good for totally different reasons.

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Tony Black

Cultural Conversation

02/14/2021

3/5

Super-empty but super-cool thrills.

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Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

11/09/2020

3/10

While there's time for action and chaos, the detective work is sloppy, resulting in plenty of collateral damage and destruction; it's all brawn and no brains.

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Stephen C

@bob25009 Dec 3

Success in 01 hour, 39 minutes, and 30 seconds!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ages 17 and older!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The worldwide gross is $107,626,125.00!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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thiago s

@Thiagostone May 24

Filme fraco, o roteiro é fraco, as cenas são fracas, a história é fraca, o elenco é fraco, e ninguém ajuda a melhorar o filme, os personagens são fracos, e o filme deveria ter cenas bem melhores e relevantes, para fazer o filme ser bom.

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secpac58chichi

May 12

Did anyone else notice the nip-slip by Vanessa Williams in the bar scene where they throw a party for shaft ?

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terry t

02/07/2025

This is my all time favorite movie!! The entire cast was just amazing!!

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Shadowman4710

01/05/2025

A rather standard crime thriller plot, enhanced by a very solid cast and Samuel L. Jackson doing what Samuel Jackson does best. Jeffrey Wright and Christian Bale are good as the villains but the weak script brings the level of the film down. Good for a Sunday afternoon watch if you have nothing better to do.

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MariofanAlex445

12/10/2024

I liked it a lot. Samuel L. Jackson has the aura to play a character like Shaft. Unfortunately I think the writing heavily weighed this movie down, they set so much up and it didn’t get paid off. Especially the ending, I had a similar reaction to the ending of “Uncut Gems”, just one a much smaller scale. I have yet to see the original Shaft, which I hear is pretty damn good. Wade was literally just Patrick Bateman if he didn’t have the balls to do what Patrick did, and they are played by the same guy! Who would have thought!! Overall this movie didn’t hurt nobody, and is just generally a pretty good time to be had. 41% is VERY low, seems a little unfair. 3.5/5 stars.

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John Singleton

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Samuel L. Jackson

John Shaft

Vanessa Williams

Carmen Vasquez

Jeffrey Wright

Peoples Hernandez

Christian Bale

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Synopsis

Crooked cops on the take -- small-time drug lords -- sleazy informers and sadistic rich kids ready to kill --- for police detective John Shaft, its just another night in the underbelly of New York City, another shift facing down cops and criminals who want him dead and a legal system that thrives on money, not justice.

Director: John Singleton
Producer: Scott Rudin, John Singleton
Screenwriter: Ernest Tidyman, John Singleton, John Singleton, Shane Salerno, Richard Price, Shane Salerno
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Production Co: Scott Rudin Productions, Paramount Pictures, Shaft Productions Ltd., New Deal Productions
Rating: R (Strong Violence|Language)
Genre: Action
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 16, 2000, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 1, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $70.3M
Runtime: 1h 38m
Sound Mix: Surround, Dolby Digital, DTS, Dolby SR
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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