Shaft

“More Shaft than you can handle.”

6.5

2019

1h 51m

ActionCrimeComedyMystery

Director: Tim Story

Overview

JJ, aka John Shaft Jr., may be a cyber security expert with a degree from MIT, but to uncover the truth behind his best friend’s untimely death, he needs an education only his dad can provide. Absent throughout JJ’s youth, the legendary locked-and-loaded John Shaft agrees to help his progeny navigate Harlem’s heroin-infested underbelly.

Trailer

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Cast

John Shaft

Samuel L. Jackson

John Shaft

JJ Shaft

Jessie T. Usher

JJ Shaft

Maya Babanikos

Regina Hall

Maya Babanikos

Sasha Arias

Alexandra Shipp

Sasha Arias

John Shaft, Sr.

Richard Roundtree

John Shaft, Sr.

Young JJ

Jordan Preston Carter

Young JJ

Young Sasha

Nyah Marie Johnson

Young Sasha

Major Gary Cutworth

Matt Lauria

Major Gary Cutworth

Special Agent Vietti

Titus Welliver

Special Agent Vietti

Freddie P.

Method Man

Freddie P.

Pierro 'Gordito' Carrera

Isaach de Bankolé

Pierro 'Gordito' Carrera

Karim Hassan

Avan Jogia

Karim Hassan

Reviews

JPV852

Unnecessary and forgettable but still somewhat entertaining flick that excels due to Samuel L. Jackson, while Jessie T. Usher shows he's a really bad actor. Nothing special but still managed to beat my low expectations. **3.0/5**

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Cuzonair

I loved this movie

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Chandler Danier

The plot is thin. You’d be best served to come in when Roundtree does. He is Shaft. Sam’s not Shaft and neither is this kid. This film is 2 hours. Not worthy of 2 hours. Getting in with Roundtree would give you ~40 minutes? That’s probably the right amount of this Shaft. Definitely one of those movies where at 1 hour something happens where you think “this was really good. I can’t believe it’s over. It felt so fast!” You then watch it bleed out for another hour.

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