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“Shaft” is the next chapter in the film franchise featuring the coolest private eye on any New York City block. JJ, aka John Shaft Jr. (Usher), 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 (Jackson) agrees to help his progeny navigate Harlem’s heroin-infested underbelly. And while JJ’s own FBI analyst’s badge may clash with his dad’s trademark leather coat, there’s no denying family. Besides, Shaft’s got an agenda of his own, and a score to settle that’s professional and personal.

2019 · 1h 51m
Director Tim Story

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“Shaft” is the next chapter in the film franchise featuring the coolest private eye on any New York City block. JJ, aka John Shaft Jr. (Usher), 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 (Jackson) agrees to help his progeny navigate Harlem’s heroin-infested underbelly. And while JJ’s own FBI analyst’s badge may clash with his dad’s trademark leather coat, there’s no denying family. Besides, Shaft’s got an agenda of his own, and a score to settle that’s professional and personal.

COMMON SENSE

Violent action sequel has thin characters, iffy messages.

TOMATOMETER
Average 4.8
Reviews 129
Fresh 44
Rotten 85

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Studio
New Line
Released
2019
Run Time
1 hr 51 min
Rated
R for pervasive language, violence, sexual content, some drug material and brief nudity.
Region of Origin
United States
© " 2019 Warner Bros. Ent. All Rights Reserved."

Languages

Original Audio
English
Audio

English (United States) (AD, AAC, ⁨Dolby 5.1⁩), French (France) (AAC), Spanish (Latin America) (AAC)

Subtitles

English (United States) (CC), Arabic , Chinese, Simplified , Chinese, Traditional , Danish , Dutch , Finnish , French (France) , Hebrew , Japanese (Japan) , Norwegian , Portuguese (Brazil) , Portuguese (Portugal) , Spanish (Latin America) , Swedish

Accessibility

Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.
Audio descriptions (AD) refer to a narration track describing what is happening on screen, to provide context for those who are blind or have low vision.