Shaft who is the man

Long live the king. Having a black man as the hero of a major studio release was one thing; giving him this much swagger was quite another. I am Shaft, a new voice in cinema announced, hear me roar. Outside of this electric jolt of independence, the movie follows a fairly conventional noir plot. Similarly, the case brings him in contact with a Black Panther-like militant group that he also scoffs at.

Two years later, Wade returns and Shaft arrests him. At his hearing when the judge grants him bail, that's when Shaft throws his badge at the judge. He then sets out to get Wade by finding the waitress.

Wade in the meantime asks a drug dealer named Peoples Hernandez to find the waitress and make sure she doesn't talk. Still the man, any questions? Rated R for strong violence and language.

Did you know Edit. Trivia John Singleton planned a sequel, where Shaft battles drug lords in Jamaica. But the film's mediocre box office returns, and Samuel L. Jackson 's disappointment with the film, stopped any plans of a sequel, at least until Shaft Goofs In the flashback, Diane Palmieri has blood on both sides of her face, with Wade's fingers on her left cheek and his thumb on her right jaw. Presumably, she cleaned her cheek but not her jaw, leaving the spot seen at the beginning of the movie.

Quotes John Shaft : You know me. User reviews Review. Top review. Amusing but really nothing special. An enjoyable but nevertheless quite silly and average remake of the classic television show has the new John Shaft Samuel L.

Jackson beating up a white racist Christian Bale and getting booted off of the police force. Everyone in this film is a racist - primarily the whites - and this whole idea is way too forced. The language and violence is rough, yet the film itself is quite goofy, with not many good scenes and only a few mediocre action sequences.

The moral is somewhat depressing: if someone wrongs you, or someone of your race, then beat them up and kill them once they reappear. MovieAddict Apr 9, Avan Jogia as Karim Hassan. Method Man as Freddie P. Tashiana Washington as Sugar. Reviews Shaft. Odie Henderson June 14, Now streaming on:. Powered by JustWatch. Now playing. Passing Odie Henderson. Lamb Tomris Laffly. Only the Animals Peter Sobczynski.

Release date United States. United States. Paramount Pictures. Technical specs Edit. Runtime 16 minutes. Contribute to this page Suggest an edit or add missing content. Edit page. Hollywood Icons, Then and Now. See the gallery.