Shaft

20002000
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1h 39m

Samuel L. Jackson in Shaft (2000)

Action Crime Thriller

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 racia... Read allNew 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.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.

Director
- John Singleton
Writers
- Ernest Tidyman(novel "Shaft")
- John Singleton(story)
- Shane Salerno(story)
Stars

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Awards
- 1 win & 13 nominations

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Samuel L. Jackson in Shaft (2000)

Director
- John Singleton
Writers
- Ernest Tidyman(novel "Shaft")
- John Singleton(story) (screenplay)
- Shane Salerno(story) (screenplay)
All cast & crew
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New York Police Detective John Shaft is the lead detective on a sensitive case, a young black man is severely beaten. The man's companions tell Shaft that their friend humiliated the one who was spouting racial slurs at him. Shaft confronts him and he says he's Walter Wade Jr. , the son of a wealthy man. Shaft finds that he has the ID of a woman who's a waitress at the bar where Wade and the guy who was attacked were. When Wade continues to hurl racist comments, Shaft smacks him. Shaft later learns because of his actions Wade was granted bail and fled. Two years later, Wade returns and Shaft arrests him. At his hearing when the judge grants him bail, that's when Shaft throws his badge at the judge. He then sets out to get Wade by finding the waitress. Wade in the meantime asks a drug dealer named Peoples Hernandez to find the waitress and make sure she doesn't talk. —rcs0411@yahoo.com

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Taglines
- Still the man, any questions?
Genres
Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
- Rated R for strong violence and language
Parents guide

Trivia
John Singleton planned a sequel, where Shaft battles drug lords in Jamaica. But the film's mediocre box office returns, and Samuel L. Jackson's disappointment with the film, stopped any plans of a sequel, at least until Shaft (2019).

Goofs
In the flashback, Diane Palmieri has blood on both sides of her face, with Wade's fingers on her left cheek and his thumb on her right jaw. Presumably, she cleaned her cheek but not her jaw, leaving the spot seen at the beginning of the movie.

Quotes
John Shaft: You know me. It's my duty to please that booty!

Connections
Featured in At the Movies: Shaft/Boys and Girls/Jesus' Son/Titan A.E./Pop and Me (2000)

Soundtracks
Theme from Shaft
Written, Performed and Produced by Isaac Hayes
Courtesy of ILH Entertainment, Inc.
By Arrangement with Virgin Records America, Inc.

Top review

8/10

Light weight but entertaining

I was surprised that I liked this remake of "Shaft" as much as I did. It has a wonderful ensemble cast, which included Toni Collette, Christian Bale, and the terrific, Jeffrey Wright. All of them are allowed to bring their considerable acting chops to their roles, especially Bale as a Hateful Rich White Boy from central casting, and Wright as a simultaneously hilarious and scary gangster. Samuel L. Jackson plays, well, Samuel L. Jackson, this time cast as Shaft, a tall, tough, elegant black dude who looks like Samuel L. Jackson not that there's anything wrong with that.

Don't expect deathless art here but do expect to be entertained. It's one of those movies that is so politically incorrect it makes you gasp while you are laughing. There are lots of explosions, gore, and chases, both afoot and in cars, and it all happens in little more than 90 minutes. It's a lot of fun, highly recommended.

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Budget
- $46,000,000 (estimated)
Gross US & Canada
- $70,334,258
Opening weekend US & Canada
- $21,714,757
- Jun 18, 2000
Gross worldwide
- $107,626,125

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Runtime
1 hour 39 minutes
Color
- Color
Sound mix
- DTS
- Dolby Digital
Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1

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