Shaft

About Shaft

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.

Shaft is a 2019 comedy crime film directed by Tim Story. Released in June 2019, it runs 111 minutes.

The film is filed under shootout, drug lord, and death of friend.

Samuel L. Jackson takes the lead as John Shaft, Jessie T. Usher as JJ Shaft, Regina Hall as Maya Babanikos, and Alexandra Shipp as Sasha Arias. The screenplay is by Alex Barnow and Kenya Barris. It streams on YouTube TV in the United States.

Bad Boys II, John Wick: Chapter 2, and Back to the Future Part III make useful companions to Shaft. TMDB voters put it at 6.5 out of 10 across 1,932 votes and it carries a R rating.