“The mob wanted Harlem back. They got Shaft...up to here.”
Cool Black private eye John Shaft is hired by a crime lord to find and retrieve his kidnapped daughter.
Richard Roundtree was great and Shaft as a character was absolutely amazing, everything else from the plot which was thin and performances by the supporting cast was a bit iffy. The pacing was also pretty slow and despite only being 100 minutes, felt a bit longer. Still, a good opening into the franchise. **3.5/5**
Richard Rowntree exudes loads of charisma here as he takes on the role of the shrewd Harlem private investigator “Shaft” who finds himself embroiled in some fairly brutal New York politics. He’s drafted in by local gangster “Bumpy” (Moses Gunn) when this man’s daughter is kidnapped. He doesn’t know by whom or why - there are no ransom demands nor many breadcrumbs to follow, but there are plenty of suspects. Initially he suspects that it might be the “Black Power” movement but after some plausible, if double-edged, tip-offs begins to suspect that some other hustlers are planning on bumping…
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Cool Black private eye John Shaft is hired by a crime lord to find and retrieve his kidnapped daughter.
The movie stars Richard Roundtree, Moses Gunn, Charles Cioffi, Christopher St. John, Gwenn Mitchell and more.
Shaft was released in 1971 and is streaming free on FlixWow.
Shaft holds a rating of 6.4/10 from viewer votes (439 ratings). Watch it free on FlixWow and judge for yourself.
