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- 2000
- R
- Paramount Pictures
- 1 h 39 m
- 2000
- R
- Paramount Pictures
- 1 h 39 m
Summary A murderer tries to kill the only witness to his last crime. Shaft (Jackson) and his sidekick (Williams) are trying to catch the murderer.
Directed By: John Singleton
Written By: Ernest Tidyman, Shane Salerno, Richard Price, John Singleton
- 2000
- R
- Paramount Pictures
- 1 h 39 m
- 2000
- R
- Paramount Pictures
- 1 h 39 m
Shaft
50
7.7
Where to Watch
Summary A murderer tries to kill the only witness to his last crime. Shaft (Jackson) and his sidekick (Williams) are trying to catch the murderer.
Directed By: John Singleton
Written By: Ernest Tidyman, Shane Salerno, Richard Price, John Singleton
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 33 Critic Reviews
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42% Positive
14 Reviews
14 Reviews
42% Mixed
14 Reviews
14 Reviews
15% Negative
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 33 Critic Reviews
50
42% Positive
14 Reviews
14 Reviews
42% Mixed
14 Reviews
14 Reviews
15% Negative
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
With Jackson leading the way, Shaft has style, punch, and street cred. It's a hot cool update.
It's fast, easy on the eyes, full of funny putdowns and cast well enough to have two memorable villains.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 102 User Ratings
7.7
69% Positive
70 Ratings
70 Ratings
25% Mixed
26 Ratings
26 Ratings
6% Negative
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 102 User Ratings
7.7
69% Positive
70 Ratings
70 Ratings
25% Mixed
26 Ratings
26 Ratings
6% Negative
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
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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. Is it better than I expected? Yes.
Shaft scores by lacing ba-da-boom action with social pertinence.
The storyline goes from bad to worse as one-dimensional characters gradually flatten out into pure stick figures, and the crime plot goes from hokey to implausible.
The main thing the new Shaft gets right is casting for the title role. It's too bad the rest of the film doesn't hold your attention the way he does.
What Jackson's Shaft can't do is talk the talk, or much of anything else, in director John Singleton's feature-length insult to one of the more cherished modern screen icons.
[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]
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Not much to expect here, thus it lived up to my expectations. It's pretty much your classic action flick except with Samuel L. Jackson in the lead, which makes it that much better. Jackson really makes this movie, because with him, it would just be a total disaster. But, with him, it's average entertainment.
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Awards
Image Awards (NAACP)
• 3 Nominations
Black Reel Awards
• 3 Nominations
Blockbuster Entertainment Awards
• 3 Nominations
