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Overview

User Rating:
5.9/10   29,612 votes
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Director:
John Singleton
Writers (WGA):
Ernest Tidyman (novel)
John Singleton (story) ...
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Release Date:
16 June 2000 (USA) more
Genre:
Action | Crime | Thriller more
Tagline:
Still the man, any questions?
Plot:
New York City police detective John Shaft (nephew of the original 1970s detective) goes on a personal mission to make sure the son of a real estate tycoon is brought to justice after a racially-motivated murder. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win & 12 nominations more
User Comments:
Ahhh....pretty good! more

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Shaft - Noch Fragen? (Germany)
Shaft Returns (USA) (working title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for strong violence and language.
Runtime:
99 min
Country:
Germany | USA
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
DTS | Dolby Digital

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Trivia:
Samuel L. Jackson and John Singleton had numerous disagreements with writer Richard Price and producer Scott Rudin over lines in the script that they found racially and sexually offensive. One scene Jackson objected to featured Shaft tossing a candy bar at a sexual partner when she wants him to take her out for dinner. The lines were deleted from the script. more
Goofs:
Incorrectly regarded as goofs: The Trinidad and Tobago Flag hanging in Rasaan's apartment is upside-down (presumably because he didn't know any better). more
Quotes:
Walter Wade, Jr.: Do you know who my father is?
John Shaft: No, do you?
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001) more
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19 out of 24 people found the following comment useful:-
Ahhh....pretty good!, 17 June 2000
Author: gazzo-2 from United States

I liked this one alot-fast moving, funny, crude, violent at times, has the same old 'sphagetti Western' shooting style where the baddie can't hit the broadside of a barn with 400 rounds while Shaft takes'em out one shot at a time, never misses. Enjoyed Jackson in this mucho, this is some fine work by a kinetic actor in his prime. Vanessa Williams is easy on the eyes and a smooth actress in her own right, plus you have to give this Jeffrey Wright guy credit for doing a bang up job as a Puerto Rican(!!) villain(with a heart, sorta...). Bale as the Menendez Brother from hell is effective too. I liked Richard Roundtree, Pat Hingle and Gordon Parks' cameos(look fast for him, as Mr. P in the bar!)

This one isn't meant to be taken too seriously, the car chases and shootouts are right outta anything Dirty Harry has done-but you know, John Singleton sez he intended for this to be a popcorn movie, and I agree, he has hit the bullseye with this.

And that Isaac Hayes score, gotta love it!

*** outta ****, go see it and have fun.

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