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Shaft
“More Shaft than you can handle.”
6.5 / 10• 2019• 1h 51m•R• English
ActionCrimeComedyMystery
Storyline
JJ, aka John Shaft Jr., may be a cyber security expert with a degree from MIT, but to uncover the truth behind his best friend’s untimely death, he needs an education only his dad can provide. Absent throughout JJ’s youth, the legendary locked-and-loaded John Shaft agrees to help his progeny navigate Harlem’s heroin-infested underbelly.
Cast & Crew
Samuel L. Jackson
John Shaft
Lead
Jessie T. Usher
JJ Shaft
Regina Hall
Maya Babanikos
Alexandra Shipp
Sasha Arias
Richard Roundtree
John Shaft, Sr.
Jordan Preston Carter
Young JJ
Nyah Marie Johnson
Young Sasha
Matt Lauria
Major Gary Cutworth
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Tim Story's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Shaft is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
