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Release Date: 2000-06-15
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TMDB Rating: 6.0/10 from 1,535 votes on TMDB
That is a solidly middle-of-the-pack score among 2000 Action films on TMDB.
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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.
Part of the Shaft (Reboot) Collection on Filmoria.
Tagline:Still the man, any questions?
Genres: Action|
Adventure|
Crime|
Thriller|
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Release Date: 2000-06-15
Movie Revenue: $107626125
Movie Runtime: 99
Language: English, Spanish, German
Shaft Box Office Collection: $46000000
Shaft was released on 15 June 2000. It is a Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller film with a running time of 99 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Our team at Filmoria keeps this page current with the latest streaming, cast and trailer information for Shaft.
Filmoria's Take: Reception has been respectable so far. Now an established part of the catalogue rather than a new release. Filmoria's genre coverage means similar picks are not hard to find from here.
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I know cats who'd take out whole zipcodes for that kind of cheese. Remakes do work occasionally, case in point Shaft, John Singleton's update of the 1971 Blacksploitation movie that starred Richard Roundtree as the title character. Roundtree gets a part in this one as well, playing the uncle of Samuel L. Jackson's title character, John Shaft. It's the perfect role for Jackson, lashings of cool and menace, on his bulky shoulders dose the film easily rest. Plot finds Shaft turning in his badge after the law proves useless to let racist murderer Walter Wade Junior (Christian Bale a sneering villain but awesome looking in a tux) out on the streets. Shaft vows to bring Wade to justice, by any means necessary. Though he also has other things on his plate, namely Latino drug lord Peoples Hernandez (Jeffrey Wright a riot) and some less than honourable police officers. The screenplay is a little trite, but as an action movie, one with the coolness and sparky humour, it really hits the required spots of those just after such easy minded fare. The support cast is a roll call of sound performers with the likes of Vanessa Williams, Dan Hedaya and Toni Collette fronting up, while the awesome ebullience of Busta Rhymes is very infectious. Isaac Hayes gloriously famous theme tune is still in place, pumped up by composer David Arnold, which ensures the feel of the original isn't lost, and Donald E. Thorin's photography is pin sharp and in turns gorgeous (night shots) and streetwise gritty. Shaft, the 2000 version, still bad-ass and sadly under appreciated. 7/10
Review via The Movie Database (TMDB)
_**A black detective in Gotham desperately wants to nail a snooty racist murderer**_ The nephew of the original John Shaft is a detective in New York City (Samuel L. Jackson) where he tries to apprehend an arrogant racist killer (Christian Bale) by finding a key witness (Toni Collette) while dealing with a gang lord (Jeffrey Wright) and corrupt cops. Vanessa Williams is on hand as a helpful officer. “Shaft” (2000) is a ‘hip’ crime thriller that resurrects the franchise 27 years after the original trilogy from 1971-1973 that featured Richard Roundtree in the title role (he returns here as the aged uncle). The cast and filmmaking are fine; the problem is the lame story with which they’re shackled. The key crime in the opening act is glaringly weak. Bale’s character is a snooty punk born with a silver spoon in his mouth, but I didn’t buy his rash, racist actions at the night club. It just didn’t ring true, especially since he seems to get along with black people just fine the rest of the movie. Likewise, Collette’s actions aren’t convincing as the doe-eyed bartender. Simply put, the scriptwriters tried too hard to concoct a racist whitey villain when subtly was in order. If you can roll with that serious flaw, there are enough thrills to amuse, including Jackson as the bad axx protagonist and Wright’s entertaining drug lord. Plus it’s always good to see the charming Vanessa Williams. The film runs 1 hour, 39 minutes, and was shot in various areas of New York City, as well as nearby Newark. GRADE: C-
Review via The Movie Database (TMDB)
How there are 2 movies in 2 years with the name Shaft is beyond me. Both of them have Sam in them. One of them is good. This one. This one is good. You should watch it. The other one sucks. Roundtree is in both as well. Roundtree is the best. Bale is good. Westworld guy is good. Especially when he gets stabby. Very stabby.
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Let this review be a lightning rod for all the naysayers sayin' my reviews aren't legit. I believe this movie deserves a pole position for best sequel ever! (/s) The gist is Samuel L Jackson wields every power invested in him as a cop to go after Christian Bale (the bad guy) until the system fails, and then Samuel L Jackson must leave the justice system behind and go rogue. There's a lot of familiar faces including Jeffrey Wright, Busta Rhymes, the mother from Hereditary, and the poindexter from Oz. Everybody is super racist towards each other except for Shaft, which he uses for the story's advantage. The best scene is when Shaft gets into a jam and yells at Busta to start the car, a la Indiana Jones and the airplane. It's so great, they repeat it multiple times! All jokes aside, better give this movie a wide berth. You might be called a blaxploitationer for simply watching it, and even if you don't it's not that interesting anyway. It was sincerely made, I think, but the humor was flat and it has aged terribly.
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