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Synopsis: New York Police Detective John Shaft is the lead detective on a sensitive case, a young black man is severely beaten. The man's companions tell Shaft that their friend humiliated the one who was sprouting racial slurs at him. Shaft confronts him and he says he's Walter Wade Jr. , the son of a wealthy man. Shaft finds that he has the id of a woman who's a waitress at the bar where Wade and the guy who was attacked were. When Wade continues to hurl racist comments, Shaft smacks him. Shaft later learns because of his actions Wade was granted bail and fled. Two years later, Wade returns and Shaft arrests him. At his hearing when the judge grants him bail, that's when Shaft throws his badge at the judge. He then sets out to get Wade by finding the waitress. Wade in the meantime asks a drug dealer named Peoples Hernandez to find the waitress and make sure she doesn't talk.

Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller

Director(s): John Singleton

Actors: Samuel L. Jackson, Vanessa Williams, Jeffrey Wright, Christian Bale

Production: Paramount Pictures

1 win & 13 nominations.


IMDB:: 5.9
Metacritic:: 50
Rotten Tomatoes:: 68%

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: R
Year:: 2000
: 99 min
: $70,334,258
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- Where dld she go?
- She left.
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Shlt!
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Get hlm on board.
I am golng to intubate.
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He's startlng to selze.
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- Homeboy's got rhythm.
- What?
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Was it somethlng i sald?
I thlnk my nose is broken.
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He broke my nose!
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Damn! We're losing hlm!
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Trey!
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I've been walting for thls all year.
You are gone from thls preclnct.
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Gone? For what?
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For that?
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His roots in the communlty couldn't
go deeper. He has no crlmlnal record.
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Your honour,
the charge is homlclde.
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Not having done it before
is not an excuse.
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Ball is set at 200,000 dollars.
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F*** you!
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Can i get a statement?
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Shaft.
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It's walter wade. Thanks
for breaking my nose that night.
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My lawyer says
that's why i got bail.
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And that's precisely why
i'm skiing in switzerland right now.
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See you when i see you, slick.
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Come on, man. You suck!
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- Sh*t! They think i'm a criminal.
- Shut your mouth, f*ggot.
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- John shaft.
- Vasquez. Welcome to narcotics.
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- Jlmmy groves.
- Jack roselll.
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- Transfer in from the 3-5?
- Yeah.
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- You're shaft, huh? Heard you qult.
- Not yet.
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Luger, hurry the f*** up, man!
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Come on, you bltch bastard!
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Come on, you bllly bob motherf***er.
Open the goddamn door.
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Three happy meals or four?
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Four. Hurry up!
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Freeze, motherfuckers! Don't move!
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Everybody freeze! Grab that
motherf***er! Down on the floor!
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Somebody turn that fucklng music off!
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- Put your hands behind your back.

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