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Shaft (2000)
Released By: Paramount Home Video   Rating: R   In Theaters: N/A
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Studio: Paramount Home Video
Genre: Action-Adventure
MPAA Rating: R
Director: John Singleton
Language: English
Official Website: N/A
Theatrical Release: N/A
Home Video Release: N/A
Cast: Christian Bale, Dan Hedaya, Samuel L. Jackson, Vanessa Williams, Busta Rhymes, Jeffrey Wright
Published ID: 723599
UPC: 097363361947, 097363361923, 032429059413,
Plot: This action drama puts a new spin on Shaft, one of the key blaxploitation films of the 1970s. John Shaft (Samuel L. Jackson), the namesake nephew of the legendary private eye (Richard Roundtree), is a street-smart police detective who with his partner Carmen Velez (Vanessa L. Williams) has been assigned to a racially motivated murder case, in which a black college student was killed in front of a restaurant by Walter Williams Jr. (Christian Bale), the sociopathic son of a New York construction tycoon, who then fled the country rather than face prosecution. Diane Palmieri (Toni Collette), a waitress on a smoke break, saw the murder, but she doesn't want to talk to the police. Two years later, Walter is forced to return to New York, but without Diane's testimony, the city doesn't have much of a case. Soon, Shaft, Walter Junior, and Walter Senior's goons are all looking for Diane, with Junior enlisting the help of Peoples Hernandez (Jeffrey Wright), a small-time drug dealer who will do anything to move into the big leagues. Shaft and Carmen find Diane, but discover that she had a good reason for being on the lam for the past two years. Amidst all this activity, John gets frequent advice from his uncle, with whom he ponders the idea of quitting the force and opening a detective agency. Shaft was directed by John Singleton, from a screenplay by Singleton, Richard Price, and Shane Salerno. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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Action action action
Added 10/31/2009
It is hard to follow all the piff-puffs on a way of Afro-American policeman bringing to punishment a white play-boy rich murderer but a final short victim's mother did taking a justice in her hands.

A speedy, sexy, leader-clad, money-thirsty and action-packed story occurs Only in America-in the Big Apple of which some glimpses add an aesthetic pleasure to viewing this above-law tale.
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Awesome Movie
Added 10/15/2009
Samuel l Jackson kicks ass in this action pack movie. Shaft is a awesome movie. it's a must see
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Great flick
Added 7/15/2009
Shaft

Great Movie...my husband loves it and I bought it for him for Father's Day. He was so excited. I love Samuel Jackson in this film...he such a tough guy.
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COLORFUL PERFORMANCES MAKE THIS OVER THE TOP FILM FUN!
Added 7/8/2009
I didn't know what to expect from this remake of the 70's film of the same name, but fun performances by Jackson, Bale and Wright make this film very entertaining!

I haven't seen the original film is a very long time, so it's hard for me to compare the two films. The remake is a slick, fast paced "cops and robbers" action film that is sure to please fans of the genre. Sure some situations are contrived to say the least, but that doesn't keep Shaft from delivering the goods!
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Samuel L stars as a remodeled "Shaft"
Added 5/16/2009
I know some people have complained that this newly revised version of "Shaft" has taken the soul or sexuality of the original and replaced it with other ingredients. Regardless, John Singleton, perhaps one of the better Black directors does deliver here as he did in "Four Brothers", an urban western thanks to a fine screenplay by Richard Price (The Warriors, The Color of Money). Jackson is right on target as the nephew of the famous P.I. and he's ably supported by a cast which includes Christian Bale (fresh from American Psycho), the lovely Vanessa Williams and an excellent Jeffrey Wright as a vicious Latino kingpin. The plot is secondary to the tart dialogue and violent action but this "Shaft" is for new millenium not the '70s like the original was.
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Action action action
Added 10/31/2009
It is hard to follow all the piff-puffs on a way of Afro-American policeman bringing to punishment a white play-boy rich murderer but a final short victim's mother did taking a justice in her hands.

A speedy, sexy, leader-clad, money-thirsty and action-packed story occurs Only in America-in the Big Apple of which some glimpses add an aesthetic pleasure to viewing this above-law tale.
0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
Awesome Movie
Added 10/15/2009
Samuel l Jackson kicks ass in this action pack movie. Shaft is a awesome movie. it's a must see
0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
Great flick
Added 7/15/2009
Shaft

Great Movie...my husband loves it and I bought it for him for Father's Day. He was so excited. I love Samuel Jackson in this film...he such a tough guy.
0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
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