SHAFT – “Still a bad mother f***cker, with emphasis on the bad!”

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RATING

DIRECTOR

Tim Story (Ride Along -2014)

STARRING

SYNOPSIS

Is the 5th film in the Shaft film series and a sequel to the 2000 film starring Jackson

John "JJ" Shaft Jr. is an FBI agent and a cyber security expert with a degree from MIT. After his best friend dies under suspicious circumstances, he turns to his estranged father - the legendary John Shaft II to uncover the truth. Father and son must navigate the Harlem underworld to solve the crime. Along the way they team up with the first generation John Shaft.

REVIEW SUMMARY

After all these years, Shaft is still a bad mother f***cker alright, with emphasis on the bad! You see, in this latest franchise retread, the filmmakers turn the camp up real high, but unfortunately forget to elevate everything else. Sure, Jackson gets some fun one liners in, and it's a genuine treat to see Roundtree join the action again, but man this is a bottom of the barrel reboot attempt (19 years later no less). The script is mindless, dialogue atrocious, and features performances ranging from straight up slapstick goofy to scenery chewing cringey. Making matters worse, there's also an uncomfortable amount of humour based around what it means to be a "real man" - ugh. Toxic masculinity aside, the soundtrack remains killer. At least they didn't screw that up.

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