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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
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- Germany
- Original language
- English language
- Followed by
- Shaft
- Follows
- Shaft in Africa
- Director
- John Singleton
- Screenwriter
- John Singleton
- Cast member
- Andre Royo
- Composer
- Q346285
- Cinematographer
- Donald E. Thorin
- Narrative location
- New York City
- Filming location
- New Jersey
- Duration
- 95
- FilmAffinity ID
- 359189
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 2000-10-26
- film editor
- John Bloom
- distributed by
- Netflix
- production designer
- Patrizia von Brandenstein
- title
- Shaft
- review score
- 50/100
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