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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this multi-generational Shaft struggles to keep its characters interesting -- or anything other than uncomfortably outdated.
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It stinks to heaven. Jun 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. Jun 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. Jun 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.' Jun 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
[T]his movie isn't smart enough to find any comic inspiration in the generation gap between Shaft Prime and Shaft Sr. It just makes them both Cranky Old Heavily-Armed Guys. Jun 13, 2019 | Full Review…
[T]his movie isn't smart enough to find any comic inspiration in the generation gap between Shaft Prime and Shaft Sr. It just makes them both Cranky Old Heavily-Armed Guys.
Chris Klimek
In its neediness to be liked, the new Shaft - the third of five films in the series to be titled, simply, Shaft - says everything and nothing. Jun 13, 2019 | Rating: 1.5/4 | Full Review…
In its neediness to be liked, the new Shaft - the third of five films in the series to be titled, simply, Shaft - says everything and nothing.
John Semley
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. Sep 30, 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." Sep 29, 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. Sep 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. Sep 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
If you are of a younger generation you will relate to many of the pop culture references that Shaft (2019) provides. Sep 24, 2019 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
If you are of a younger generation you will relate to many of the pop culture references that Shaft (2019) provides.
Allison Rose
Although a bit out of place for its time, the fifth Shaft film packs enough gunfights, wisecracks, and thrills to make it a decent entry in the series. Samuel L. Jackson fans will not be disappointed, and neither will fans of Richard Roundtree. Aug 17, 2019 | Rating: 7/10 | Full Review…
Although a bit out of place for its time, the fifth Shaft film packs enough gunfights, wisecracks, and thrills to make it a decent entry in the series. Samuel L. Jackson fans will not be disappointed, and neither will fans of Richard Roundtree.
Grady Bolding
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