Shaft's Big Score!

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Plot: When a pal of detective John Shaft is murdered in a bombing (and $250,000 in cash turns up missing), New York's coolest private eye finds himself caught in the middle of a power struggle between black...( read more  ) and white gangsters over the numbers racket in Queens. Directed by Gordon Parks (who does a brief cameo as a croupier in an illegal casino) and written by Ernest Tidyman (both of whom did the original Shaft), this film lacks the pacing of its progenitor. Roundtree is at his best when he's questioning a woman he's just met about a suspect while at the same time beguiling her into the sack (ah, those lazy, crazy days of the sexual revolution). The finale--a shootout in a cemetery, followed by a car-boat-helicopter chase through Queens and up the Harlem River--is preposterously drawn-out: Shaft, impervious to machine-gun fire, winds up tripping, spraining his ankle, and limping while running from the chopper; two shots later, he's sprinting like a halfback. Look for late Muhammad Ali trainer Drew Bundini Brown as a wise-cracking mobster. --Marshall Fine

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  Not a bad sequel by the way. However,the action is top-notch with Richard Roundtree doing what he does best as tough as nails private eye John Shaft. However,if your looking for another theme score by Issac Hayes(who won the Oscar in 1971 for Best Original Score for the first Shaft movie)you're in for a disappointment. This time around composer Johnny Tate takes over with the theme lyrics from legendary blues artist O.C. Smith.

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  Richard Roundtree

• Rated: (R)
• Directed by: Gordon Parks
• Genres: Action & Adventure, Cult Movies, Classics
• Released: January 1, 1972
• DVD Released: June 6, 2000

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