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- 2019
- R
- New Line Cinema
- 1 h 51 m
- 2019
- R
- New Line Cinema
- 1 h 51 m
Summary JJ, aka John Shaft Jr. (Jessie T. Usher), 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 (Samuel L. Jackson) agrees to help his progeny navigat...
Directed By: Tim Story
Written By: Ernest Tidyman, Kenya Barris, Alex Barnow
- 2019
- R
- New Line Cinema
- 1 h 51 m
- 2019
- R
- New Line Cinema
- 1 h 51 m
Shaft
40
6.5
Where to Watch
Summary JJ, aka John Shaft Jr. (Jessie T. Usher), 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 (Samuel L. Jackson) agrees to help his progeny navigat...
Directed By: Tim Story
Written By: Ernest Tidyman, Kenya Barris, Alex Barnow
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 32 Critic Reviews
40
16% Positive
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
63% Mixed
20 Reviews
20 Reviews
22% Negative
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 32 Critic Reviews
40
16% Positive
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
63% Mixed
20 Reviews
20 Reviews
22% Negative
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
No one steals scenes from Samuel L. Jackson when he’s in this mode. His entire modus operandi is to be the biggest, baddest motherf... (watch your mouth!) on the planet. Nevertheless, Regina Hall gives him a run for his money – something she does with a lot less screen time.
In the end, this may be a case of a pop-culture icon being dragged down by the weight of trying remain relevant past its prime. It’s not woke, but you can’t call it racist. Maybe racist-ish. Misogynistic-ish. Entertaining-ish.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 123 User Ratings
6.5
58% Positive
71 Ratings
71 Ratings
28% Mixed
35 Ratings
35 Ratings
14% Negative
17 Ratings
17 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 123 User Ratings
6.5
58% Positive
71 Ratings
71 Ratings
28% Mixed
35 Ratings
35 Ratings
14% Negative
17 Ratings
17 Ratings
This movie is so amazing Mattis what the critics say the people say we love it fresh funny new comics combining a little action. Bringing Generations together the millennium's will get a kick out of because they see their grandparents and great-grandparents do the same thing it's a great movie great watch. You won't be disappointed I looked at it three times already a
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Complaints of it not being "woke" or being racist or **** are some of the most asinine comments one could make. This is shaft bad a** m********kers being tough popping caps taking names and sweet talking ladies is the game. It is childish dated black action stereotypes turned to 11 but the writing is solid the cast is excellent and it is clearly self aware. If this film hurts your sensitive soul you best stick to Disney.
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Despite a few laughs, it’s a film that panders to a general audience with the funky musical score of a blaxploitation flick but none of the heart, spirit, or outrage.
How jokes this offensive can make it to the screen in 2019 is beyond comprehension and a bit of a shame, considering that this has so much else going for it including a delightful late-game appearance by the original Shaft, Richard Roundtree, who looks fantastic, by the way.
By the end, when the three Shafts hit the streets in identical long coats like something out of The Matrix, the message is clear. Rough justice is back to stay. Women are out of the picture, except for sex. Dinosaurs again walk the earth with misogynistic and homophobic impunity. These are the laughs, folks. Don’t be surprised if they stick in your throat.
Cool New York City detective John Shaft is back again in, you guessed it, Shaft, with a modern update that goes completely sideways in all the wrong ways. This Shaft is a bad mother all right, and it'd be better if he just shut his mouth.
It’s so aggressively puerile and phallocentric (big swinging dicks, big guns) it could be taken as a parody of a puerile, phallocentric action comedy — a hotfoot to feminists and girly-men. That’s a distinction without a difference, though, since either way it stinks to heaven.
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It an unnecessary remake (as usual) but, Samuel L. Jackson brings it home once again. He without a doubt held it together with an iron grip. Jessie Usher was okay two, the chemistry on set was good. But overall this is a victory for Samuel L. Jackson alone.
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boy do i enjoy Sammy J. Boy did this movie not do it for me. the setting just wasnt good. i wish it had been set in the 80s. Bring the Old Boomer Into the new word Movies just dont do it for me.
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Production Company
Davis Entertainment,
Khalabo Ink Society,
Netflix,
New Line Cinema,
Warner Bros. Digital Networks,
Warner Bros.
Release Date Jun 14, 2019
Duration 1 h 51 m
Rating R
Tagline More Shaft than you can handle.
