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| ACTORS: | Samuel L. Jackson, Vanessa L. Williams, Christian Bale |
| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| DIRECTOR: | John Singleton |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 16 June, 2000 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Paramount Home Video |
| MPAA RATING: | R (Restricted) |
| FEATURES: | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Dolby |
| TYPE: | Feature Film-action/Adventure |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 097363361947 |
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Customer Reviews of Shaft
Mindless Black Revenge Drama, Boring Racist cop John Shaft (again the over rated Sam Jackson) thinks that he can break all the rules and beat up innocent people, blow up the streets of New York and shoot anyone he wants to, well, this movie is a bit of something absurd. The direction is terrible, the action sequences are cliched and the "black brother" message doesn't really make sense because it falls flat by endorsing to kill all "honkeys". I would avoid this mess unless of course you are someone who feels that violence is necessary against innocent civilians..... <
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Talkin' 'bout Shaft
Police detective John Shaft (Samuel L. Jackson) gives up his badge in order to pursue a personal vendetta against a young, wealthy white racist (Christian Bale) who murdered a young black man (Mekhi Phifer) before skipping bail and leaving the country. The racist forms an alliance with a drug dealer (Jeffrey Wright) who wants his own revenge against Shaft as well as access to a wealthier clientele. Throw in some crooked cops and it's no surprise that the neighborhood has turned into a war zone by the end of the film.
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>This is a B-movie by A-list talent. Director John Singleton, who also co-wrote the screenplay with the talented Richard Price, hews closely to the genre formula but elevates it with the aid of his top-notch cast. One significant departure comes at the end, where the traditional action hero delivers the coup de grace, preferably to the accompaniment of a suitably contemptuous one-liner. Singleton has something much more interesting and powerful in store. The scenes between Wright and Bale-the tension between them and the way their characters jockey for the dominant position-are excellent. Nobody working in film today could portray John Shaft better than Jackson. A lot of fun to watch.
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This film should have gotten the "shaft"
"Shaft" (2000)
Shaft's (Richard Roundtree) nephew, also last-named Shaft (Samuel L. Jackson), is the star in this movie. But it is nothing like the original starring Roundtree and directed by Gordon Parks (although both of them make cameos in this film). The first "Shaft" was a blaxploitation flick and is a classic. This movie, directed by John Singleton, seems less black, more made-for-Hollywood. The plot is thin and unlike the original, the only love scene to be found is in pieces during the opening credits. And what was Busta Rhymes' purpose? It added nothing to the movie. Sorry, Sam Jackson is a hell of an actor but his Shaft doesn't make me forget about Roundtree's. -EJR