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Shaft
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6.0New 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.
Released: 2000-06-1599 minDir: John SingletonAction, Adventure, Crime, ThrillerBudget: $46.0MBox office: $108MPart of: Shaft (Reboot) Collection
Cast
- Samuel L. Jackson as John Shaft
- Vanessa Williams as Carmen Vasquez
- Jeffrey Wright as Peoples Hernandez
- Christian Bale as Walter Wade, Jr.
- Busta Rhymes as Rasaan
- Dan Hedaya as Jack Roselli
Themes
- drug dealer
- new york city
- corruption
- sibling relationship
- based on novel or book
- italian american
- remake
- revenge
- murder
- drugs
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Ratings
IMDb
6/10
84,415 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
67%
Metacritic
50/100
- Year
- 2000
- Runtime
- 99 min
- Genres
- Action, Crime, Thriller
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 2 wins & 13 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 95
- FilmAffinity ID
- 359189
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- publication date
- 2000-10-26
- title
- Shaft
- review score
- 50/100
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2000 action thriller films2000 American films2000 crime thriller films2000 English-language films2000 films2000s crime action films2000 Spanish-language filmsAfrican-American filmsAmerican action thriller filmsAmerican crime action filmsAmerican crime thriller filmsAmerican sequel filmsEnglish-language action thriller filmsEnglish-language crime action filmsEnglish-language crime thriller filmsFictional portrayals of the New York City Police DepartmentFilms about race and ethnicityFilms about racism in the United StatesFilms about the illegal drug trade in the United StatesFilms about the New York City Police DepartmentFilms based on American novelsFilms based on crime novelsFilms directed by John SingletonFilms produced by Scott Rudin