Shaft (2000)
Directed by John Singleton · 99 min · Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller
21.6 TOPICAL score · #4,355 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →New York police detective John Shaft arrests Walter Wade Jr. for a racially motivated slaying. But the only eyewitness disappears, and Wade jumps bail for Switzerland. Two years later Wade returns to face trial, confident his money and influence will get him acquitted -- especially since he's paid a drug kingpin to kill the witness.
Shaft (2000, directed by John Singleton) has a TOPICAL score of 21.6 - ranked 4,355 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on cast and lasting engagement, and lowest on awards. Critics: 67% on Rotten Tomatoes · 6.1/10 critics' average · Metacritic 50. Audiences: TMDB 6/10 (1,519 ratings). Wikipedia covers it in 30 languages.
Why this score
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- Critics67% on Rotten Tomatoes · 6.1/10 critics' average · Metacritic 50
- AudienceTMDB 6/10 (1,519 ratings)
- Awards0 wins, 0 nominations
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 30 languages
- Still read34,598 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: Samuel L. Jackson (actor #90), Vanessa Williams, Jeffrey Wright (actor #725), Christian Bale (actor #26)