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John SingletonCamera:
Donald E. ThorinMuziek:
David ArnoldActeurs:
Samuel L. Jackson, Vanessa Williams, Jeffrey Wright, Christian Bale, Busta Rhymes, Dan Hedaya, Toni Collette, Richard Roundtree, Ruben Santiago-Hudson (meer)Streaming (2)
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De harde, maar coole detective John Shaft arresteert de racistische Walter Wade Jr. na een uit de hand gelopen ruzie. Maar Wade weet met gemak weer vrij te komen door de invloed en het geld van zijn rijke vader en door het feit dat de enige ooggetuige spoorloos verdwenen is. Als Wade twee jaar later opnieuw wordt opgepakt, zet Shaft alles op alles om die ene ooggetuige te vinden en Wade voorgoed achter de tralies te zetten. Maar ondertussen heeft Wade een deal met drugsbaron Peoples Hernandez, die Wade helpt door de ooggetuige om zeep te helpen. (United International Pictures)
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Samuel L. Jackson is perfectly suited for this role, even though it doesn't have that 70s punch and blaxploitation vibe anymore. This is simply a normal modern action movie, with a pretty tough main character that you wish was even tougher. There aren't that many memorable lines, but the story is quite twisted, even though it ends in an expected way.
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I was reminded of Shaft after all these years and was so pleasantly surprised that I had to give him an extra star. It's an honest crime drama that would perhaps be an absolute classic if... if it had been made before or soon after Dirty Harry. It's Dirty Harry that Shaft most resembles – a title character who is at once a rebel, a pragmatist, and a rather cunning fox, an interestingly evolving story, cynical catchphrases and impressive shoot-outs. I'm not familiar with the original series or the film, but even from this "new millennium version", the 70s can be felt far and wide. And that's good.
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