Shaft
2000 · TMDB 6.0
Directed by John Singleton
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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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 kil...
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- Runtime
- 99 min
- Released
- 2000-06-15
- Studio
- Paramount Pictures
- Country
- United States of America
- Language
- English
- TMDB score
- 6.0
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Key contributors
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John Singleton
Director
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Shane Salerno
Writer
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Richard Price
Writer
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Samuel L. Jackson
John Shaft
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Vanessa Williams
Carmen Vasquez
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Jeffrey Wright
Peoples Hernandez
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Christian Bale
Walter Wade, Jr.
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Busta Rhymes
Rasaan
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Dan Hedaya
Jack Roselli
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Toni Collette
Diane Palmieri
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Richard Roundtree
"Uncle" John Shaft