Shaft

Name: Shaft
Genre: Action, Crime, Comedy, Mystery
Released: 2019-06-14
Duration: 1 h 51 min
Rating: 6.5
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Jessie T. Usher, Regina Hall, Alexandra Shipp, Richard Roundtree

2019·Movie·R·111 min·★ 6.5(1,886)

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“More Shaft than you can handle.”

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.

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India	Netflix	Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube
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Canada	—	Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, CosmoGo
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France	Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads	Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, Canal VOD
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Brazil	Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads	Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies
Japan	Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads	Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, FOD

About Shaft

Shaft is a 2019 English-language action, crime and comedy film directed by Tim Story. The cast is led by Samuel L. Jackson, Jessie T. Usher, Regina Hall. It has a runtime of 1h 51m. Viewers rate it 6.5/10 across 1900 ratings. In United States, it is currently streaming on Tubi TV.

Shaft was produced by Davis Entertainment and New Line Cinema and made in United States of America. It was released on June 14, 2019, and carries a R certification. Made on a budget of about $30 million, it went on to gross $21 million worldwide.

Director: Tim Story
Writers: Kenya Barris, Alex Barnow
Release date: June 14, 2019
OTT release: November 5, 2019
Original language: English
Age rating: R
Status: Released
Country: United States of America
Budget: $30 million
Box office: $21 million
Production: Davis Entertainment, New Line Cinema

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Shaft cast & crew

Shaft was directed by Tim Story and written by Kenya Barris and Alex Barnow.

The cast features 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., and Jordan Preston Carter as Young JJ.

Behind the camera, the score was composed by Christopher Lennertz, cinematography is by Larry Blanford, and it was produced by Ira Napoliello and John Davis.

Is Shaft worth watching?

Shaft holds an audience score of 6.5/10 from 1,886 ratings, a solidly received action films.

At 1h 51m, it's a standard feature-length watch.

If you enjoy action, crime, and comedy, Shaft is worth a place on your watchlist.

How and where to watch Shaft

In United States, you can stream Shaft on Tubi TV, or rent and buy it on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, and YouTube. Click any service above to open it directly.

It first became available to stream digitally on November 5, 2019.

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