Shaft

Shaft (2000)

  • 68% of critics liked it
    (110 reviews)

  • 45% of users liked it
    (62,584 ratings)

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… More

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R, 1 hr. 38 min.
Directed By
John Singleton
Written By
Richard Price, John Singleton, Shane Salerno
Genres
Drama, Action & Adventure
In Theaters
Jun 16, 2000 Wide
On DVD
Dec 12, 2000
Paramount Pictures

Critic Reviews

  • Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune

    This new Shaft has the stuff to grab its audience in a big way, maybe even opening up a new franchise.

  • Jay Carr, Boston Globe

    Finally, someone has remembered how to remake a slick, bang-bang action movie.

  • Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

    Is this a good movie? Not exactly; too much of it is on automatic pilot, as it must be, to satisfy the fans of the original Shaft.

  • Bob Longino, Atlanta Journal-Constitution

    What really clicks are some of the stars.

  • Nell Minow, Common Sense Media

    A guilty pleasure for adults and older teens.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Jeff "


    Shaft is an unimpressive action film that is loosely based on the classic of the same name. I found it quite bad. Shaft didn't thrill me, and frankly, I was disappointed. I felt that the film could have been much better, and that it didn't anything to really entertain you.… More

  • xGary X


    Renegade tough guy cop John Shaft sets his sights on an over-privileged racist who murdered an innocent man and skipped bail using his father's influence. The hardest thing to swallow about this film is a bald Shaft, and to be honest it seems like a bit of a cheek to use the name… More

  • Lenny M


    Blows Shaft.

  • Nelson P


    An utterly terrible movie that deserves absolutely no praise or acclimation. While it works as a comedy it plays out as a police thriller which ultimately destroyed any credibly this movie could have had.The only reason to see this is to whiteness Christian Bale as the ultimate… More

  • Tim S


    This is a fun cop movie, even for a remake.

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