Shaft

NYPD Detective John Shaft II is called in to investigate the racially motivated murder of Trey Howard, committed by Walter Wade, Jr., the son of a wealthy real estate tycoon. Shaft briefly meets a potential eyewitness to the murder, Diane Palmieri, but she disappears soon after and cannot be found for the trial. Wade is released on bail and flees to Switzerland.

Two years later, Wade returns and Shaft rearrests him for leaving the country. During his temporary incarceration at police headquarters, Wade meets Peoples Hernandez, a Dominican drug lord. Wade relinquishes his passport and is released on bail again; in frustration Shaft resigns from the police force, promising to bring Wade to justice on his own terms. Worried that Shaft might find the missing eyewitness, Wade hires Peoples to find and kill her first.

MPAA Rating:	R
Genre:	Action, Crime, Thriller
Country:	Germany, United States
Produced By:	Scott Rudin, Paul Hall, Eric Steel, John Singleton, Adam Schroeder, Steve Nicolaides, Mark Roybal
Directed By:	John Singleton
Written By:	Richard Price, John Singleton, Ernest Tidyman, Shane Salerno
Cast:	Freddie Ricks, Scott Lucy, Todd Fredericks, William H. Burns, Andre Royo, Elizabeth Banks, Vanessa Williams, Stu 'Large' Riley, Carson Grant, Josef Sommer, Riley G. Matthews Jr., Toni Collette, Gordon Parks, Mary Ann Hannon, Zach Grenier, John Elsen, Christina Rouner, John Wojda, Lee Tergesen, Evan Farmer, Caprice Benedetti, Pat Hingle, Travis Brandon Rosa, Sonja Sohn, Lisa Cooley, Christopher Orr, Sixto Ramos, Philip Bosco, Samuel L. Jackson, Mark Zeisler, Mercedes Mercado, Jerome Preston Bates, Peter McRobbie, Richard Cocchiaro, Capital Jay, Mustafa Shakir, Louie Leonardo, Deacon Ledges, Dorian Missick, Lynne Thigpen, Ron Castellano, Joe Quintero, Mekhi Phifer, Busta Rhymes, Francisco 'Coqui' Taveras, Dawn Robinson, Jeffrey Wright, Deirdre Lovejoy, Cue Shepherd, Kevin O'Donnell, Carl Low, Isaac Hayes, Bonz Malone, Daniel Von Bargen, Luis Torres, Lou Torres, Nadine Mozon, Johanna Estevez, John Cunningham, Roman Rivera, Will Chase, John Singleton, Nicholas J. Coleman, Lanette Ware, F. Valentino Morales, Al Thompson, Angela Pietropinto, Richard Barboza, Preston Thomas, Selena Mars, Lawrence Taylor, Doug Hutchison, Nik Pjeternikaj, Catherine Kellner, Gano Grills, Gloria Reuben, Fidel Vicioso, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Jeff Branson, Myron Primes, Joan Baker, Tony Rhune, Gabe Castillo, Peter Stickles, Richard Roundtree, Ann Ducati, Christian Bale, Dan Hedaya, Universal
In Theaters:	Jun 16, 2000
Runtime:	1 hour 39 minutes
Production:	Paramount Pictures, Scott Rudin Productions, New Deal Productions, Shaft Productions
Budget:	$46,000,000
Box Office:	$70,334,258
Available On:	Amazon, Itunes, Vudu
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