Overview:
New 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.| Status: | Released (2000-06-15) |
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| Awards: | 2 wins & 13 nominations |
| BoxOffice: | $70,334,258 |
| Screen: | Ernest Tidyman, John Singleton, Shane Salerno |
| Productions: | Paramount Pictures, Scott Rudin Productions, New Deal Productions, Shaft Productions, Munich Film Partners & Company (MFP) GHS Productions |
| Production Countries: | Germany, United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | English, Español, Deutsch |
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Casts
- 2231: Samuel L. Jackson - John Shaft
- 27011: Vanessa Williams - Carmen Vasquez
- 2954: Jeffrey Wright - Peoples Hernandez
- 3894: Christian Bale - Walter Wade, Jr.
- 6485: Busta Rhymes - Rasaan
- 6486: Dan Hedaya - Jack Roselli
- 3051: Toni Collette - Diane Palmieri
Crews
- 6482: John Singleton - Director - Directing
- 6488: Mark Roybal - Producer - Production
- 2997: Scott Rudin - Producer - Production
- 6482: John Singleton - Producer - Production
- 6489: David Arnold - Original Music Composer - Sound
- 6490: Donald E. Thorin - Director of Photography - Camera
- 6491: John Bloom - Editor - Editing
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Reviews
John Chard
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I know cats who'd take out whole zipcodes for that kind of cheese. Remakes do work occasionally, case in point Shaft, John Singleton's update of the 1971 Blacksploitation movie that starred Richard Roundtree as the title character. Roundtree gets a part in this one as well, playin ....
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_**A black detective in Gotham desperately wants to nail a snooty racist murderer**_ The nephew of the original John Shaft is a detective in New York City (Samuel L. Jackson) where he tries to apprehend an arrogant racist killer (Christian Bale) by finding a key witness (Toni Col ....
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