

Shaft
Still the man, any questions?
New York police detective John Shaft arrests Walter Wade Jr. for a racially motivated slaying. But the only eyewitness disappears, and Wade jumps bail for Switzerland. Two years later Wade returns to face trial, confident his money and influence will get him acquitted -- especially since he's paid a drug kingpin to kill the witness.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $46M
- Box office
- $107.6M
- Language
- English
- drug dealer
- new york city
- corruption
- sibling relationship
- based on novel or book
- italian american
- remake
- revenge
- murder
- drugs
- police officer
- xenophobia
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United States of America, Germany
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalR15 Jun 2000
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical1815 Sept 2000
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalMA 15+26 Oct 2000
BrazilBR
- Theatrical1810 Nov 2000
CzechiaCZ
- Theatrical12+16 Nov 2000
FranceFR
- Theatrical128 Nov 2000
GermanyDE
- Theatrical1626 Oct 2000
GreeceGR
- Theatrical1626 Apr 2001
HungaryHU
- Theatrical189 Nov 2000
IrelandIE
- Theatrical1815 Sept 2000
JapanJP
- Digital / OTTG11 Nov 2000
NetherlandsNL
- Theatrical1623 Nov 2000
- TV16SBS 617 Oct 2003
- Physical16DVD27 Aug 2008
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Shaft was released on 15 June 2000.
Audience reviews
4- J7/10
John Chard
7/6/2015
I know cats who'd take out whole zipcodes for that kind of cheese. Remakes do work occasionally, case in point Shaft, John Singleton's update of the 1971 Blacksploitation movie that starred Richard Roundtree as the title character. Roundtree gets a part in this one as well, playing the uncle of Samuel L. Jackson's title character, John Shaft. It's the perfect role for Jackson, lashings of cool and menace, on hi…
- W4/10
Wuchak
8/8/2021
_**A black detective in Gotham desperately wants to nail a snooty racist murderer**_ The nephew of the original John Shaft is a detective in New York City (Samuel L. Jackson) where he tries to apprehend an arrogant racist killer (Christian Bale) by finding a key witness (Toni Collette) while dealing with a gang lord (Jeffrey Wright) and corrupt cops. Vanessa Williams is on hand as a helpful officer. “Shaft” (2…
- C8/10
Chandler Danier
12/28/2025
How there are 2 movies in 2 years with the name Shaft is beyond me. Both of them have Sam in them. One of them is good. This one. This one is good. You should watch it. The other one sucks. Roundtree is in both as well. Roundtree is the best. Bale is good. Westworld guy is good. Especially when he gets stabby. Very stabby.
- K4/10
kendallgibson
8/29/2026
Let this review be a lightning rod for all the naysayers sayin' my reviews aren't legit. I believe this movie deserves a pole position for best sequel ever! (/s) The gist is Samuel L Jackson wields every power invested in him as a cop to go after Christian Bale (the bad guy) until the system fails, and then Samuel L Jackson must leave the justice system behind and go rogue. There's a lot of familiar faces includin…
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