Shaft

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Summary: WOW!
Review: This Movie is Great,I just conqured Shaft from the 70's.It si action packed and Gory.So, if you saw Shaft from the 70's.I also suggest you watch this one.The Story is a Black Man in the Begging gets Killed,then Shaft goes into jail for 2 years.After getting out of jail,the world went all upside down then our Legend begins.

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Summary: Shaft
Review: When I first went to see Shaft I thought it was going to be a nice time for a nap, but I was wrong. Shaft had a good plot with great acting. Well, let's get down to business, the story goes as this, When Shaft (Samuel L. Jackson) gets called to a murder scene, he meets a young man who will rattle his nerves for years (Christian Bale). I don't want to ruin the movie for you one bit so I'll close with this, Shaft's still a bad mutha - you get the rest. Michael Stanton

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Summary: Still the man
Review: What can I say, Shaft is still a bad *******! John Singleton brings us Shaft, in an updated action movie with political overtones. What can I say, not only does Singleton show us what a brother can do in the new century, but he also kicks some serious tail! Yes, Shaft doesn't "score" to much with the ladies, but he doesn't need to. He's to busy kicking but.

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Summary: The Shaft
Review: The Shaft was an awesome remake of the old shaft movies now staring Samuel L Jackson. He did a great job in film and fit the part perfectly. The movie overall was really well done. The reason being that it was really well written and acted. Also there wasn't too much violence or profanity. Compared to most modern day movies there was close to none. I highly recomend this movie to anyone that is interested in owning a movie that you will never grow tired of. Its packed full of all kinds of great things and won't let you down. Shaft is one bad Mother.

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Summary: Shaft
Review: The casting couldn't have been better, Samuel L. Jackson as John Shaft. I had heard they were thinking of Don Cheadle playing the super cool private dick that;s a sex machine to all the chicks. Don's a teriffic actor, but the role of John Shaft could not have been played better. John is the nephew of the original John Shaft, played by Richard Roundtree, who has a cameo in the film, reprising his original role. Shaft comes across a young racist punk, named Walter Wade, Jr., played well by Christian Bale. Walter has killed a black man outside of a club with a pipe to the head. wade, thaks to his wealthy real estate mogul father, escapes justice, and seeks the help of a street gang leader, named Peoples Hernandez, played excellently by Jeffery Wright. He hires Peoples to locate a waitress, a witness to Wade's brutal crime. shaft quits the police force after bringing in Wade twice, and both times, having him slip through his fingers, due to legal loopholes. He finds the waitress, and protects her from Peoples's gang, two crooked cops, and from Wade, with the help of police officer Vanessa Williams. With great direction by John Singleton, this is an excellent breath of air into the character of Shaft, and the studio's hopes of a possible franchise. Also, look for a cameo by Lawrence Taylor.

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Summary: MI2 was the summer fool, Shaft was THE MAN!!
Review: The title speaks for itself. MI2 was terrible, and I looked for soemthing to fill the void for good fare, when along comes Samuel L Jackson as SHAFT. Playing John Shaft, Jackson's character tries to find the murderer of a man which soon gets him into serious action. The killer is a rich man's son, who uses money an tricks to keep his son (ungratefully played by Christian Bale) scott free. The son has no conscience, and Shaft is relentlessly trying to bring him down. Trying to find a woman who may have witnessed the murder but won't talk. The movie runs much better than MI2, and you believe Shaft, who doesn't spout incessant one-liners, and seems to try to be in control of the situation.

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Summary: Okey Dokey.
Review: Okay....there was some things that I didn't care for in this movie.

First of all, as much as I love Samuel L., he was a serious case of miscasting in this one! Why not cast someone in his thirties or early forties like Dennis Haysbert, Terrance Howard, or damn near anybody with sex appeal! Samuel L. is only about 6 years younger than Richard Roundtree, why not cast the man who defined "Shaft" if you want the title character to be older than he was originally?

Otherwise,I liked the action and the plot, but something was missing and I know that everybody who listens to lyrics to "The THeme of Shaft" and has watched the old movies knows what I am talking about.

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Summary: We can dig it
Review: A drug dealer is irate at Det. John Shaft (Jackson) because the dealer's white, 200-thread-count Egyptian-cotton shirt has been soiled during an altercation. Shaft is unperturbed. "You wouldn't know Egyptian cotton," he tells the slimeball, "if the Pharaoh himself knit it for you."

He's so baaaad. Inspired by the fondly remembered 1971 film of the same title and again featuring the catchy wah-wah strains of Isaac Hayes's theme song, this new Shaft is genial, action-packed junk food. Jackson plays the nephew of the first Shaft (Richard Roundtree, looking fit in a cameo), and he's trying to nail a rich punk (Christian Bale) for a racially motivated murder. The plot is little more than an excuse for Jackson to model Armani's leather line for men, utter hip patter ("Roll, Soul," he orders a pal acting as his chauffeur) and play with guns. Not that it's a fair fight; this is the sort of movie where the bad guys can't shoot straight, while Shaft can't miss. Right on.

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Summary: Jackson Takes It Downtown
Review: A racially motivated, cold-blooded killing starts the wheels turning in the hard-hitting, action-packed "Shaft," directed by John Singleton. When a young black man is killed outside of a restaurant by the son of wealthy businessman, NYPD cop John Shaft (Samuel L. Jackson) takes him down; but the kid, Wade, (Christian Bale), gets bail, then proceeds to skip to Switzerland for the next two years. Meanwhile, the only witness to the murder, a waitress named Diane (Toni Collette), disappears. When Shaft gets a tip that Wade is coming back to town, he makes it his business to see that justice is done, and meets him at the airport. When Wade gets bail again, Shaft resigns from the force, to take the matter into his own hands, and to do it on his own terms. First, he has to find Diane; without her, they have no case. During his pursuit, he runs afoul of drug lord Peoples Hernandez (Jeffrey Wright), whom Wade has hired to kill Diane. Making things even more difficult for Shaft are two wrong cops (Dan Hedaya, Ruben Santiago-Hudson), who are in league with Peoples. But Wade and Peoples soon find out they have their hands full dealing with Shaft, who is backed in his play by Uncle John (Richard Roundtree), and Carmen (Vanessa Williams), another of NYPD's finest. Jackson is outstanding as Shaft, a role that it seems he was born to play. He plays Shaft as one cool, in-your-face, intimidating you-know-what; savvy and fearless. This is one guy you do not want to get on the wrong side of. He's got the attitude, the manner, the whole package, and it all adds up to total credibility. Bale, as well, is excellent as Wade, to whom he lends a subtle, almost psychotic bravura, which aptly demonstrates his versatility as an actor. Another notable performance is turned in by Wright, who brings just enough menace to Peoples, without overplaying a role that would've been easy to take over the top. A lot of credit has to go to John Singleton, who doesn't miss a beat here. He knows this territory, and it shows; he captures the language, rhythms, and mood of the environment with which he's dealing perfectly, and keeps it all moving right along. Collette does well with her Diane, a pivotal, but rather minor character. She doesn't have a lot of screen time, but makes the most of it when she's on; her fear, and the anxiety wrought of her situation, is palpable. The supporting cast includes Busta Rhymes (Rosen), Josef Summer (Fleming), and Philip Bosch (Mr. Wade). There's something satisfying about watching Shaft do his thing; a self-assuredness and lack of political correctness he employees in the pursuit of real justice that is refreshing to behold. Most importantly, "Shaft" delivers on it's promise of action, and plenty of it, and with the added benefit of having story enough to support it. Singleton and Jackson definitely deliver the goods in this one, and of course there's the familiar Isaac Hayes theme on hand to underscore the proceedings, and it's every bit as effective now as it was in the original version. If you want to get the adrenalin pumping, check this one out. I guarantee you'll be glad you did.

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Summary: Samuel L. Jackson & John Singleton get the "Shaft"
Review: An open letter to Samuel L. Jackson and John Singleton: I have admired all your films and have seen you progress from originally depicting stereotypical roles to more normal, and even heroic, characters for African Americans. So it was that I went to see "Shaft" with my 16-year-old son. I loved the movie, but was horrified to see that every single Latino character was a criminal drug dealer (even the women). I saw "good" and "bad" white and black characters, but there was not even one "good" Latino in the entire movie (the only passable one was the "snitch" who got killed, but the actor was really a "brother" who spoke very bad, very fake Spanish). Also, the regional accents of these so-called Latinos was obviously that of west-coast Chicanos. But, hey, the movie was set in New York City, which is predominantly Puerto Rican and Dominican. Listen up, Samuel L. Jackson and John Singleton, if you are going to represent us, please be fair and get the facts straight. We're not all drug dealers and criminals, you know. (A disappointed fan)