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Plot:
Follows the investigations of legendary, black private detective--one baaaad muthuh--Shaft! Doned in a turtleneck and leather jacket, he's not only an undercover hero, Shaft's also a lean, mean, sex m...( read more 
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Recent Reviews
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MCT:August 8, 2007Cooler than Bullit.
Hotter than Bond.
Not only an accessible starting point down the road of blaxploitation but also solid, stylistic and entertainingly cool detective flick with a lot more meaning than the other blaxploitations out there. -
MCT:June 24, 2007
What makes Shaft impressive isn't the mere stylization of the blaxploitation era it depicts. Rather, the movie is actually a bona-fide private-eye flick, with serious attempts at portrayals of race-relations in New York. The lack of thoughtless stereotyping manages to elevate this movie past it's blaxploitation roots.
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MCT:June 24, 2007Oh hell yes! This film is as cool as evryone says. Come for the soundtrack but stay for the ice cool script. Roundtree is magnificent!
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MCT:June 18, 2007
I feel cooler just for watching this movie. Historically interesting to watch because it was the first studio produced blaxploitation flick (first blaxploitation flick was Mevin Van Peebles independent 'Baaaddaaaasssss' something or other released a few months earlier.) Even if you aren't all interested in the historical significance of the film, it's a solid and entertaining detective flick with an awesome theme song.
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MCT:May 3, 2007
The music of Issac Hayes a.k.a Black Moses and the original "black private dick who's a sex machine to all the chicks...SHAFT...You DAMN right>>>Starring richard Roundtree
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MCT:April 28, 2007
Interesting film, if only to catch the origins of all those different lines thta I've heard quoted and parodied for the past 20 years.
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MCT:April 18, 2007The original. Nothing like it.
Richard Roundtree rules. Not to even mention the Oscar winning theme from Issac Hayes. -
MCT:March 28, 2007
THE blaxploitation movie. 'Shaft' is a lively, filthy, in-your-face, groundbreaking film that set the rules for black cinema. Though cheap and reckless, Park's influential film stands as a benchmark for badass cinema--not to mention it boasts an earth-shattering turn from Roundtree. With one of the great film heroes, power to the people one-liners, a funky score, and seemingly on-the-(super)fly camerawork, 'Shaft' is to be seen, even if just for its historical relevance.
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MCT:March 9, 2007
The first real Black Male private-eye hero (no Sam Spade pun needed). Started the genre in a great fashion.
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MCT:January 21, 2007ok wat is up wif dis shaft
i'v heard dis stupid fing about a million times..goin Shaft in this weird music..wat is up wif it?? -
MCT:December 13, 2006
Yeah Shaft was one bad dude and this movie shows him in all his royal badness...and of course the musical numbers by Isaac Hayes are awesome...
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MCT:November 13, 2006
By regular standards, this movie is laughable (1 star all the way). But you can't do that, you have to judge it in terms of blaxploitation; in which case it's 5 stars. So I'll juust average the two.
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MCT:October 29, 2006
The man who risked his neck for his brother man...
"Throw'd my man Leroy out the window, that's some cooold shit" -
MCT:October 25, 2006
One of the best made for black audience movies of the 70's with a great music score but the sequels really sucked big time.
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MCT:August 28, 2006
As in so many private-eye stories the plot (what there is of it) is much less important than the grotty urban settings and the detective's pugnacious swagger.
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MCT:June 19, 2006
Good private eye yarn, but not much more than the sum of Roundtree's charisma and Isaac Hayes's mammoth musical score.
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MCT:June 18, 2006
the ultimate blaxploitation film... classic... Richard Roundtree is a bad mother -shut your mouth--- i'm just talking about richard roundtree as Shaft in the 1971 classic.
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MCT:May 4, 2006
My review to this is gonna suck because i'm tired and lazy. But so what?!?! Anyone that has ANY TASTE at all in good cinema has seen and loves this movie. We're talking Richard Roundtree here...we're talking AWESOME SOUNDTRACK...we're talking 70's NYC!! This flick is a safe bet. And Samuel L Jackson should really have know better!! An "update...RE-IMAGE...homage"
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old school should be ashamed!! LEAVE THE CLASSICS ALONE!! This is PRIME gritty 70's Blaxploitation. "Where you going Shaft??" "To get LAID!!" That line right there sums it all up - ENJOY!!
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sam2dopeposted 501 days ago
