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Shaft is a 2019 American action comedy film directed by Tim Story and written by Kenya Barris and Alex Barnow. The film stars Samuel L. Jackson, Jessie T. Usher, and Richard Roundtree. It is the fifth film in the Shaft series and a direct sequel to the 2000 film with the same title.

The film was released theatrically in the United States on June 14, 2019 by Warner Bros. Pictures, and digitally in international markets on June 28, 2019 by Netflix. It received mixed reviews from critics and underperformed at the box office.

Plot

In 1989, NYPD Detective John Shaft II, his wife Maya, and his infant son John “JJ” Shaft III survive an assassination attempt by drug lord Pierro “Gordito” Carrera. Concerned that Shaft’s lifestyle will put them in danger, Maya moves upstate and raises JJ on her own. Twenty-five years later, Shaft has quit the NYPD to become a PI and JJ is a rookie FBI analyst and cybersecurity expert with a degree from MIT. After Karim, his childhood friend and former US Army soldier, is said to have died because of a heroin overdose, JJ concludes he must have been murdered. JJ travels to Harlem to investigate Manuel, the drug dealer who sold the heroin that Karim allegedly bought, but is violently ejected from his property. While being treated for a minor injury in the hospital by doctor Sasha, JJ’s other childhood friend and his unrequited crush, he shows her Karim’s toxicology report. She notes that the amount of heroin in Karim’s system would have killed him long before he could have taken that much by himself, suggesting that he was indeed murdered. With no other recourse, JJ turns to his father for aid. Shaft agrees to help after realizing that JJ’s case may lead him to Gordito.

The two begin investigating together, but JJ’s progressive white collar outlook on life clashes with Shaft’s old-school street ways. After confronting Manuel, the Shafts investigate “Brothers Watching Brothers”, the drug rehab clinic Karim helped create with fellow ex-soldiers Cutworth, Williams and Dominguez. There they learn that Karim stopped going to rehab in favor of attending services at a mosque currently under suspicion by the FBI for terrorism.

Sasha accompanies JJ and Shaft to investigate the mosque, where they are removed from the premises after the imam notices JJ’s FBI badge. After Shaft convinces JJ and Sasha to plan a dinner together, the two Shafts investigate a convenience store owned by a woman named Bennie Rodriguez who donated $500,000 to the mosque. Maya calls JJ to inform him that she is coming to New York City to meet a man for dinner; she is overheard and later followed by Shaft. The Shafts, each at separate restaurants, survive assassination attempts orchestrated by Bennie. Maya forces Shaft to kick JJ out of the investigation for his own safety.

JJ turns over the evidence they have gathered to the FBI, who arrest the mosque’s imam. However, the media accuses the FBI of islamophobia, and JJ’s boss Vietti fires him. JJ returns to Shaft and overhears a conversation about Gordito, leading him to believe that his father was stringing him along the entire time. While Shaft visits and reconciles with Maya, JJ and Sasha track down Bennie to an abandoned warehouse and learn that “Brothers Watching Brothers” is a front for a drug smuggling ring; Karim was killed by Cutworth when he threatened to blow the whistle on their operation. JJ gets discovered by the smugglers; Sasha is kidnapped while JJ is rescued by Shaft.

Shaft introduces JJ to his grandfather, John Shaft Sr., where they acquire more firepower, and Shaft Sr. decides to accompany them in an assault on Gordito’s penthouse. The Shafts kill the drug smugglers while JJ has an intense fight with Cutworth and kills him, avenging Karim’s death. He rescues Sasha before being confronted at gunpoint by Gordito. Gordito attempts to shoot JJ to spite Shaft, but Shaft takes the bullet and shoots Gordito, causing him to crash through a window and fall to his death, before collapsing himself.

In the aftermath, Shaft recovers at the hospital, with Maya’s support. At the insistence of Shaft Sr., JJ and Sasha kiss and finally begin a relationship. Vietti soon offers JJ a promotion to field agent, but JJ turns it down in favor of joining his father and grandfather in their PI business and at the end, the three generations of Shafts walk away together.

Cast

Samuel L. Jackson as John Shaft, a private investigator and former NYPD detective, father of JJ Shaft and son[a] of John Shaft, Sr.
Jessie T. Usher as JJ Shaft, an FBI computer analyst, estranged son of John Shaft and grandson of John Shaft, Sr., who he meets for the first time since he was a baby. Jordan Preston Carter portrays a young JJ.
Richard Roundtree as John Shaft, Sr., legendary private investigator, father[a] of John Shaft II and grandfather of JJ Shaft
Regina Hall as Maya Babanikos, JJ’s mother and John Shaft’s ex-wife
Alexandra Shipp as Sasha Arias, medical doctor, JJ’s female best friend and love interest. Nyah Marie Johnson portrays a young Sasha
Matt Lauria as Major Gary Cutworth, Karim’s partner in the rehab centre, a drug smuggler who kills Karim
Titus Welliver as Special Agent Vietti, JJ’s FBI boss
Cliff “Method Man” Smith as Freddie P., acquaintance of John Shaft
Isaach de Bankolé as Pierro “Gordito” Carrera, a drug lord
Avan Jogia as Karim Hassan, JJ’s male best friend, a recovering addict helping fellow returning soldiers. Joey Mekyten portrays a young Karim
Luna Lauren Vélez as Bennie Rodriguez, Gordito’s money launderer
In addition, Cutworth’s criminal partners at the rehab center are played by Robbie Jones as Williams and Aaron Dominguez as Dominguez (Bennie’s cousin), with Leland Jones appearing as Maya’s date Ron, while Baby and Sugar, JJ’s new friends at the club, are played by Chivonne Michelle and Tashiana Washington, respectively. Adrienne C. Moore as Ms. Pepper the grab driver.