Movie
Shaft
Overview
JJ, aka John Shaft Jr., may be a cyber security expert with a degree from MIT, but to uncover the truth behind his best friend’s untimely death, he needs an education only his dad can provide. Absent throughout JJ’s youth, the legendary locked-and-loaded John Shaft agrees to help his progeny navigate Harlem’s heroin-infested underbelly.
Details
- Release date
- 2019-06-14
- Runtime
- 111 min
- Genres
- Action, Crime, Comedy, Mystery
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Davis Entertainment, New Line Cinema
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Samuel L. Jackson as John Shaft
- Jessie T. Usher as JJ Shaft
- Regina Hall as Maya Babanikos
- Alexandra Shipp as Sasha Arias
- Richard Roundtree as John Shaft, Sr.
- Jordan Preston Carter as Young JJ
- Nyah Marie Johnson as Young Sasha
- Matt Lauria as Major Gary Cutworth
- Titus Welliver as Special Agent Vietti
- Method Man as Freddie P.
- Isaach de Bankolé as Pierro 'Gordito' Carrera
- Avan Jogia as Karim Hassan
Crew
- Tim Story - Director
- Kenya Barris - Writer
- Alex Barnow - Writer
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