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Summary: THIS CAT SHAFT IS BAD YOU FAKE MOTHA
Review: Shaft is no doubt the greatest movie ever created in american cinematogrophy. Richard Roundtreee is the epitome of coolness as John Shaft the pivate dick thats a sex machine to all the chicks. If youve never seen this movie, youve never truly lived. Shaft lights up the screen as he kicks, hurls, and jives his away across the mean streets of New York City.
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Summary: Great Flick, Horrible Video Copy!
Review: Shaft is without a classic film of the blaxploitation genre, and its a shame to have this video sound the way it does. At the begining Shaft's voice sounds dubbed! You can see his lips move but the voice sounds too clear to be coming from a streetcorner in NYC. So, if things like these don't bother you. The rest of the film is ok!
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Summary: The way a Black man ought to be
Review: Shaft probably was one of the first non subserviant-non comical Black characters in a film without an all Black cast. Sidney Poitier comes to mind in the original "In the heat of the night" and Woody Strode,Harry Belafonte, and Jim Brown also come to mind. But Shaft made Black men feel proud to be a man and proud to be Black. Richard Roundtree was Black Americas John Wayne. Too many of us Black men are tough in our own neighborhoods and around our own people but when we get on Mister Charleys job we cant stop grinnin and tap dancin and playin the fiddle. Not Shaft though-this brotha was a real man.
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Summary: Under Rated by Critics
Review: Shaft(1971)is an incredible film and was unjustly regarded by critics as being just a style-over-substance film with heavy doses of violence. Watching this movie, I see a work that is easily the equal of "The French Connection", a film with the same writer. John Shaft(Richard Roundtree) has a social conscience(he yells at a gangster for manipulating the black community through drugs and gambling, he gives a poor kid some money to eat) and is also an intelligent man with the ability to deal with police and those around him. He is not scared of whites or the Mafia and does not back down when a mobster makes a racial comment towards him. On the other hand, he is not racist towards whites. This movie cannot just be categorized as an action movie, because it doesn't have that much action. Also, the action is fast and not drawn out, and the action scenes are not impossible and unrealistic. Shaft(1971) is also blessed with a good story. The plot involves the private eye rescuing the daughter of a gangster from mobsters, who want to take Harlem back from the black crimelords. John Shaft(Richard Roundtree) is not simply a tool of the black crimelords, and Richard Roundtree is a good actor who gives a great performance. The music by Isaac Hayes is excellent and so is the look of the movie and 1970's Harlem. The dialogue is bad occassionally, but is never horrible. Remember, no matter what the critics say, this is more than just an action film, and is instead a top-notch urban crime movie.
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Summary: This movie is so good, I have two copies of it!
Review: Shaft, quite simply, is my favorite movie of all time. No hero grabs my attention quite the way that Shaft does. All of the characters are great, especially Willie, but Shaft deserves 10 stars out of 5. I consider it, by far, the best action movie of all time!
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Summary: The mob wanted Harlem back. They got shaft...up to here.
Review: That title is the films original tagline...and they got the shaft allright!Shaft is a great 70's urban classic. The film is beautifully photographed and staged. The atmospheric camera work captures the streets of New York, always keeping the look of the film harsh and cold. The color scheme is typical 70's muted with acidic contrasts, but at the same time uses a number of blue tinges, especially in the outdoors, to suggest the cold environment the people are facing. The DVD is presented in the film's original 1.85:1 theatrical aspect ratio as well as an open matte (fullscreen) transfer that adds some picture information at the top and the bottom of the screen. The transfers look pretty darned good for a 1971 flick. Audio is presented in the film's original monaural track and is fairly weak, though acceptable. The DVD features includes a bonus documentary "Filming Shaft on Location", three trailers and cast biographies. You gotta love Shaft & Richard Rountree. A great flick and a great DVD.
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Summary: The mob wanted Harlem back. They got shaft...up to here.
Review: That title is the films original tagline...and they got the shaft allright! Shaft is a great 70's urban classic. The film is beautifully photographed and staged. The atmospheric camera work captures the streets of New York, always keeping the look of the film harsh and cold. The color scheme is typical 70's muted with acidic contrasts, but at the same time uses a number of blue tinges, especially in the outdoors, to suggest the cold environment the people are facing. The DVD is presented in the film's original 1.85:1 theatrical aspect ratio as well as an open matte (fullscreen) transfer that adds some picture information at the top and the bottom of the screen. The transfers look pretty darned good for a 1971 flick. Audio is presented in the film's original monaural track and is fairly weak, though acceptable. The DVD features includes a bonus documentary "Filming Shaft on Location", three trailers and cast biographies. You gotta love Shaft & Richard Rountree. A great flick and a great DVD.
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Summary: A Hollywood Classic
Review: The plot has holes and the directing and editing is choppy but on the whole this is a great film. A true breakthrough that affected both black and white films that came later.
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Summary: Video Transfer is OK, the audio is spotty and not so hot
Review: The video Transfer was ok. The Audio was not so good. The sound dropped in volume at time in the DVD. The behind the scenes extra is very good. The Sound Track of Shaft does a much better job with his theme then the movie does. I would pass on this one. The quality isn't there.
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Summary: John Shaft is a mack!
Review: This cat is one bad motha.. Shutcho mouth! Shaft is the flyest, mackinest, coolest detective this side of New York City. A big 5 stars, this is one of the best movies ever created, right up there with Wild Style, props to Richard Roundtree.
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