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Shaft
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R,1hr 38min
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June 16, 2000
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Paramount Pictures
Synopsis: 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 assigned to a racially motivated murder case, in which a black college student was killed in front of a restaurant by Walter Williams Jr. (Christian Bale), the sociopathic son of a New York construction ... Full Synopsis
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With Jackson leading the way, Shaft has style, punch, and street cred. It's a hot cool update. Full Review
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Featured Cast
John Shaft
Carmen Vasquez
Peoples Hernandez
Walter Wade Jr.
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Singer will.i.am performs the Theme from "Shaft" onstage at Condé Nast Media Groups 2007 Movies Rock...
Singer will.i.am performs the Theme from "Shaft" onstage at Condé Nast Media Groups 2007 Movies Rock...
Singer will.i.am performs the Theme from "Shaft" onstage at Condé Nast Media Groups 2007 Movies Rock...
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Singer Eve performs the Theme from "Shaft" onstage at Condé Nast Media Groups 2007 Movies Rock at...
Singer Eve performs the Theme from "Shaft" onstage at Condé Nast Media Groups 2007 Movies Rock at...
Singers Eve and will.i.am perform the Theme from "Shaft" onstage at Condé Nast Media Groups 2007...
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