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MPAA Rating: R
Director: John Singleton
Genre: Action Thriller, Crime Thriller, Police Detective Film, Action, Crime
Release Date: June 16, 2000 (USA)
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Summary:
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 whi... Full Summary >>

Cast:
Samuel L. Jackson - (John Shaft)
Vanessa Williams - (Carmen Vasquez)
Jeffrey Wright - (Peoples Hernandez)
Christian Bale - (Walter Wade Jr.)
Busta Rhymes - (Rasaan)
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Review:
John Singleton's 2000 remake resurrects the popular black detective from the early '70s and adds a layer of complexity rarely seen in the original series. The story, which pits NYPD detective John Shaft (Samuel L. Jackson), the nephew of the original ... Continue >>

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