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The plot revolves around a private detective named John Shaft who is hired by a Harlem mobster to rescue his daughter from the Italian mobsters who kidnapped her. The film stars Richard Roundtree as Shaft, alongside Moses Gunn, Charles Cioffi, Christopher St. John and Lawrence Pressman .
- $500,000
- Joel Freeman
Jun 16, 2000 · Samuel L. Jackson stars as John Shaft, the nephew of the original 1970s detective, who goes after a racist killer in New York City. The film is a reboot of the blaxploitation franchise, directed by John Singleton and featuring Christian Bale, Vanessa Williams and Busta Rhymes.
- (80K)
- Action, Crime, Thriller
- John Singleton
- 2000-06-16
Shaft is a 2019 American action comedy film directed by Tim Story and written by Kenya Barris and Alex Barnow. The film stars Samuel L. Jackson, Jessie T. Usher, Regina Hall, and Richard Roundtree.
- June 14, 2019 (United States)
- John Davis
Shaft is a 2000 American action crime thriller film co-written, co-produced, and directed by John Singleton and starring Samuel L. Jackson in the title role with Vanessa Williams, Jeffrey Wright, Christian Bale, Dan Hedaya, Busta Rhymes, Toni Collette and Richard Roundtree.
- $46 million
- David Arnold
- June 16, 2000
- Scott Rudin, John Singleton
Jul 2, 1971 · John Shaft, a black private eye, is hired to rescue a kidnapped crime lord's daughter from the mafia. The film features Richard Roundtree, Isaac Hayes' Oscar-winning theme song, and Gordon Parks' direction.
- Gordon Parks
- 118
- 3 min
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- Crime, Drama
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After his childhood friend Karim (Avan Jogia) dies of a heroin overdose, JJ concludes he must have been murdered. JJ travels to Harlem to investigate Manuel, the drug dealer who runs the neighborhood and sold the heroin that allegedly killed Karim but is violently ejected from his property.
