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Shaft (2000)

Rate: 5
Viewed: 12/03, 2/05, 4/13

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4/13: John Singleton's remake of Shaft is an improvement when it comes to pace, but however, it's boring.

Replacing Richard Roundtree, Samuel L. Jackson does enough to live up to the demands of his character. Jeffrey Wright overplays his part. Christian Bale is blah as usual. Rather, I'm put off by the entire plot. There's so much going on that doesn't make an iota of sense.

If Walter Wade skipped bond by going to Switzerland, then he's technically a fugitive from justice, correct? Then, it should be enough to send him to the Big House. Afterwards, what happened to the scheduled trial? Later, Spider was shivved in the heart before being thrown out of the window from the same high-rise building where Peoples resided, yet nobody connected the dots?

If Diane Palmieri refused to testify, why harass her further? Where did Shaft get the money to replace the car? Did he dip into the coffers of drug money to pay for it? Why were the two dirty cops acting blatantly like crooks? They would've been indicted by the Internal Affairs long before anything bad was going to happen. Remember when Shaft gave up his badge in the courthouse? So, why did he still act like a cop...coming, going, and doing as he pleased? He sure survived many shootouts with nary a scratch on his body.

All in all, as many twists and turns as there are in the plot, Shaft feels too long for a 99-minute picture, but the theme music by Isaac Hayes is still fantastic.