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Shaft
Shaft is a 2000 American action crime thriller film co-written, co-produced, and directed by John Singleton and starring Samuel L. Jackson in the title role with Vanessa Williams, Jeffrey Wright, Christian Bale, Dan Hedaya, Busta Rhymes, Toni Collette and Richard Roundtree. It is a sequel to the 1971 Shaft film, in which Jackson plays the nephew (retconned as his son in the 2019 film) of John Shaft. The film opened at the number-one position at the box office when it debuted June 16, 2000. It received mixed to positive reviews on Metacritic, with the critical consensus on Rotten Tomatoes praising Jackson's charisma.
Plot
In 1998, called in to investigate the grievous assault of Trey Howard outside a restaurant, NYPD Detective John Shaft arrests Walter Wade Jr., the son of a wealthy real estate tycoon, after noticing blood on him. Wade claims self-defense. Shaft notices an injured waitress, Diane Palmieri, eyeing Wade, and unsuccessfully tries to coax a statement from her.
More details
| author | John Singleton Richard Price Shane Salerno |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | New York City |
| director | John Singleton |
| editor | Antonia Van Drimmelen John Bloom |
| genre | action crime thriller |
| keywords | abusive abusive boyfriend arrest bail break bulletproof vest cab driver domestic violence dominican dominican republic drug lord file follow force former partner happen hear injured kill new car new york police department nypd phone call police force police headquarter police station private detective real estate shoot stab stake out |
| musicBy | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q346285 |
| producer | John Singleton Scott Rudin |
| productionCompany | AFI Catalog of Feature Films John Singleton |
| publisher | Paramount Pictures |
| recordedAt | New Jersey New York City |
| theme | race and ethnicity sequel |