Shaft
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6/14/2019Runtime
111 minsOverview
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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A father-son crime thriller that leans hard into buddy-cop comedy, mixing stylish action beats with genuine warmth as a tech-savvy son learns street smarts from the old-school father who abandoned him.
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Samuel L. Jackson
John Shaft
Jessie T. Usher
JJ Shaft
Regina Hall
Maya Babanikos
Alexandra Shipp
Sasha Arias
Richard Roundtree
John Shaft, Sr.
Jordan Preston Carter
Young JJ
Nyah Marie Johnson
Young Sasha
Matt Lauria
Major Gary Cutworth
Titus Welliver
Special Agent Vietti
Method Man
Freddie P.
Isaach de Bankolé
Pierro 'Gordito' Carrera
Avan Jogia
Karim Hassan
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