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Movie
description |
-Samuel
L.
Jackson
Samuel
L.
Jackson
stars
as
detective
John
Shaft,
a
new-generation
"black
private
dick
who's
a
sex
machine
with
all
the
chicks"
in
this
stylish,
action-packed
update
of
the
classic
blaxploitation
trilogy
(SHAFT,
SHAFT'S
BIG
SCORE!,
and
SHAFT
IN
AFRICA)
from
the
early
1970s.
Shaft's
nemesis
this
time
around
is
Walter
Wade
Jr.
(Christian
Bale),
a
cocky,
blue-blooded
white
kid
who
commits
a
violent
hate
crime
but
still
manages
to
skirt
the
system.
When
Wade
forms
an
unholy
alliance
with
powerful
Dominican
drug
lord
Peoples
Hernandez
(Jeffrey
Wright)
along
with
two
dirty
cops
from
Shaft's
own
precinct,
Shaft
turns
in
his
badge
to
dispense
justice
on
his
own
terms.
Luckily
for
him,
the
original
Shaft
(Richard
Roundtree,
who
is
this
Shaft's
uncle)
is
around
to
help
out,
along
with
Vanessa
Williams
as a
trustworthy
cop,
Toni
Colette
as
an
eyewitness
to
Wade's
crime,
and
rapper
Busta
Rhymes
as
Shaft's
man-on-the-street
Rasaan.
Director
John
Singleton
(BOYZ
N
THE
HOOD,
HIGHER
LEARNING)
appears
in a
brief
cameo,
as
does
original
SHAFT
director
Gordon
Parks;
the
only
creator
missing
is
Ernest
Tidyman,
who
wrote
the
novel
that
started
it
all.
And
SHAFT
fans,
take
comfort--Isaac
Hayes's
remake
of
his
classic
theme
is
as
funky
as
ever.
Portions
of
this
page
Copyright
1948-2006 Muze
Inc.
and
Muze
Europe
Ltd.
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