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Shaft

Name: Shaft
Director: John Singleton
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Released: 2000-06-15
Duration: 99 min
Rating: 6
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Vanessa Williams, Jeffrey Wright, Christian Bale, Busta Rhymes

2000 · 1h 39m · Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller

IMDb 6.0 Metacritic 50 RT 67%

Shaft is a solid action thriller that rides on Samuel L. Jackson's charisma and a compelling crime plot, but the middling scores (67% RT, 6.0 IMDb) suggest it's more forgettable than essential. If you're craving some '90s crime drama with style and don't mind uneven execution, go for it—otherwise, there are better ways to spend your evening.

Plot

New York police detective John Shaft arrests Walter Wade Jr. for a racially motivated slaying. But the only eyewitness disappears, and Wade jumps bail for Switzerland. Two years later Wade returns to face trial, confident his money and influence will get him acquitted -- especially since he's paid a drug kingpin to kill the witness.

Director: John Singleton

Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Vanessa Williams, Jeffrey Wright, Christian Bale, Busta Rhymes

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