Shaft
The mob wanted Harlem back. They got Shaft...up to here.
The mob wanted Harlem back. They got Shaft...up to here.
Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
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1971
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Cool Black private eye John Shaft is hired by a crime lord to find and retrieve his kidnapped daughter.
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Details
Runtime:
100 min
Release date:
25 Jun 1971
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$1,125,000
Revenue:
$12,121,618
Awards:
Won 1 Oscar. 6 wins & 6 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
Excellent cast, headed by newcomer Richard Roundtree, may shock some audiences with heavy dose of candid dialog and situation.
– A.D. Murphy,
Variety,
26 Mar 2009
fresh:
Forty years of gumshoe noir collided with black power in this 1971 action classic, the most popular of the blaxploitation pictures.
– J. R. Jones,
Chicago Reader,
1 Mar 2007
fresh:
A hip, cool, entertaining thriller.
– Geoff Andrew,
Time Out,
24 Jun 2006
rotten:
Parks isn't especially good at action direction, but the heart of a private-eye movie is in the mood scenes, anyway, and he supplies a scene in a bar and another one with the Harlem rackets boss that are very nice.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
23 Oct 2004