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Decades removed from the original, this multi-generational Shaft struggles to keep its characters interesting -- or anything other than uncomfortably outdated.
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An appealing reboot. February 19, 2020 | Full Review…
An appealing reboot.
Andrea Gronvall
Shaft feels rushed, as if two different scripts were mashed together. December 18, 2019 | Full Review…
Shaft feels rushed, as if two different scripts were mashed together.
Kevin Benavides
It stinks to heaven. June 15, 2019 | Full Review…
It stinks to heaven.
David Edelstein
Middle generation Shaft looks good roaring around in his souped-up Monte Carlo SS. It's too bad the characters as a whole didn't have a better vehicle. June 14, 2019 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…
Middle generation Shaft looks good roaring around in his souped-up Monte Carlo SS. It's too bad the characters as a whole didn't have a better vehicle.
Richard Roeper
Tim Story's update of the blaxploitation classic is shamelessly regressive. Male dinosaurs again walk the earth with misogynistic and homophobic impunity. These are the laughs, folks. Don't be surprised if they stick in your throat. June 14, 2019 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
Tim Story's update of the blaxploitation classic is shamelessly regressive. Male dinosaurs again walk the earth with misogynistic and homophobic impunity. These are the laughs, folks. Don't be surprised if they stick in your throat.
Peter Travers
This movie is 'ruin your childhood' bad, right down to the hideous auto-tuned end credits song they chose to use instead of the original 'Theme From Shaft.' June 14, 2019 | Rating: .5/4 | Full Review…
This movie is 'ruin your childhood' bad, right down to the hideous auto-tuned end credits song they chose to use instead of the original 'Theme From Shaft.'
Odie Henderson
Whatever Shaft is saying about race, authority, age, gender or masculinity - which are interesting talking points no matter how badly fumbled they are - I keep going back to the rancid humour. January 8, 2020 | Rating: D+ | Full Review…
Whatever Shaft is saying about race, authority, age, gender or masculinity - which are interesting talking points no matter how badly fumbled they are - I keep going back to the rancid humour.
Luke Whiston
There's not much else to this routine and sometimes retrograde actioner. Jackson deserves better material, but even so it's impressive how far he can carry it. January 7, 2020 | Full Review…
There's not much else to this routine and sometimes retrograde actioner. Jackson deserves better material, but even so it's impressive how far he can carry it.
M.V. Moorhead
This is a very strange movie... They've taken one of the coolest, suavest characters in movie history and cast him in this multigenerational "grumpy old dad" sitcom. October 1, 2019 | Full Review…
This is a very strange movie... They've taken one of the coolest, suavest characters in movie history and cast him in this multigenerational "grumpy old dad" sitcom.
Justin Chang
Add this to the pile of crap legacy sequels like "A Good Day to Die Hard," and "Blues Brothers 2000." September 30, 2019 | Full Review…
Add this to the pile of crap legacy sequels like "A Good Day to Die Hard," and "Blues Brothers 2000."
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Not having a stronger, more serious plot means the film will likely appeal more to Shaft newbies than to Shaft devotees. September 25, 2019 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…
Not having a stronger, more serious plot means the film will likely appeal more to Shaft newbies than to Shaft devotees.
Mike McGranaghan
It's a new way to approach an old character and it tries harder to give its main characters something to do than a lot of its colleagues do, and there is something worthy in that. September 24, 2019 | Rating: 7/10 | Full Review…
It's a new way to approach an old character and it tries harder to give its main characters something to do than a lot of its colleagues do, and there is something worthy in that.
Joshua Starnes
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