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Shaft Movie Trailer
SHAFT Film– Official Trailer [HD]
Shaft Movie Description
In Shaft Movie It follows the original "Shaft Film" in 1971, you might hesitate to call it a sequel. It's like a revival, or nostalgic time travel.
Except it's all been nicely updated, with a sense of the original's elegance. And Isaac Hayes' music is central and terrifying, making this a legitimate Squad movie.
Samuel Jackson plays the role perfectly, does not hold back and does not overdo it. The idea of a black cop in a city that still has racial prejudices emphasized the rise of Latino drug lords as part of the fracturing, mainstream here.
It's not as daring or shocking to see moving forward, but it's still effective. Shaft Movie, the main character (who never gets a first name), is powerful, smart, and unwilling to be pushed around by authority.
Even if it means losing his job (or quitting - Shaft Movie is always going to make his own choices).
The director, John Singleton, isn't particularly well-positioned for a mainstream sequel with high production values (one of his more famous efforts so far is "Boyz n the Hood"), but he pulls it off.
It's a sharp, smart, well-made film. It's strangely mainstream, playing with clichés too easily, working with bad guy, good guy principles to add only the slightest twist to racial or ethnic allusions, even though we've seen these before.
You can't help but see "Jackie Brown" from three years ago as a more interesting, well-made and timely film.
That was Quentin Tarantino's, which slightly alters the score, but it starred Jackson again, and made the most of him.
You can say that Singleton makes the most of Jackson here, but a better way to look at it is that Jackson makes most of Singleton. He handles the film, and that's a good thing.
He has the talent and presence in a classic Hollywood acting manner. The cast is really strong around him, which is nice.
(There's a cameo in the scene once by the original director of 1971's "Shaft Film," Gordon Parks, if you're lucky — a white-haired old black man on the table.)
The other terrific actor is Jeffrey Wright, playing a drug kingpin with enough realism and panache to make it both believable and dazzling.
The third main character is the future Batman, Christian Bale, who is a great bad guy and who you really miss in the last parts of the movie.
What really brings it to the surface, and much more, is the story, which is boilerplate stuff. There's masculinity, and guns, and a game of one bad guy against another, and one cop against another.
You might say, hey, isn't there room for more cop and crime movies that operate in familiar circles? Yes. But I again refer to "Jackie Brown" as a way of looking out of this box.
This new "Shaft Film" is good stuff - it's well-acted, tightly edited, directed with professional canny (noticeable in several different ways), and subverts racial clichés in funny and important ways.
brings to the fore. It descends from the final third to the overused chase and shoot scenes between the cops and the robbers. But...surely, it's better than its reputation. I say look. enjoy the treats. Acting. and homage to the original.
Thirty years is a long time to make a sequel, especially when no one is clamoring for one.
Director/writer/producer John Singleton decided the time was now. The result is a solid, but distinctive crime drama.
Elements of this story have been told so many times that they're getting hackneyed.
A tough, no-nonsense cop who often defies the law, battles evil and corruption to bring justice to the streets.
A spoiled rich kid tries to get away with murder by hiring a drug dealer to sniff out an eyewitness with the help of two dirty cops. This is not pawn material.
Singleton's direction is good in the action sequences (of which there are many) and adequate in the dramatic sequences.
In Shaft Full Movie, he does not bring much innovation on screen, with very straight shots and mundane locations.
In an overt homage to the original film, he brings back Richard Roundtree (the original Shaft Film) as the current Shaft's (Samuel L. Jackson) uncle and mentor.
There's also a cameo appearance by Gordon Parks, the director of the original, and of course, the Isaac Hayes theme song is back.
The film rises above mediocrity on the basis of acting. Samuel L. Jackson is an excellent actor and slips onto the character of this tough, streetwise cop like a tailored glove.
When he is bad, he is very bad and when he is good, he is almost a hermit. Christian Bale also does well as a downright rich kid who thinks his wealth puts him above the law.
Jeffrey Wright is explosive as the cocky drug lord. The supporting cast is also excellent.
I haven't seen the original, or the other sequels (not for lack of trying), but I honestly imagine it matches the pure awesomeness of them that hasn't been watered down in the least.
While I will grant that the 70's stuff in this is probably better and looks more fuzzy in the actual decade, it still works perfectly.
You probably already know the basic concept; The Shaft Movie is a P.I. Joe specifically works to ensure that his fellow African-Americans are not treated unfairly as far as justice is being served.
I can see that Roundtree played that role 40 years ago, and I'm not necessarily saying Jackson is a better choice, however, he certainly is spot on for the role. The plot is really engaging, and it surprises without being difficult to follow. It is well shot and edited.
The entire film is highly entertaining; I wasn't bored for a second, and the pace is amazing.
It has cool and exciting action, with shoot-outs, fighting and chases. No, this isn't anywhere new to the genre... So? This is a well made and genuinely *fun* entry, and deserves recognition as well. I love its music.
The characters are well written, believable and well developed. The acting performances range a bit, the leads are great.
The dialogues are clever, delivered well and naturally. There is frequent harsh language, a lot of gory violence, and very brief nudity and sexuality.