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| Directed by | John Singleton |
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| Based on | Shaft 1970 novel by Ernest Tidyman |
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| Cinematography | Donald E. Thorin |
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| Music by | David Arnold |
Production company | New Deal[1] |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures[1] |
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Running time | 100 minutes[1] |
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| Language | English |
| Budget | $46 million[2] |
| Box office | $107.2 million[2] |
Shaft is a 2000 American action crime thriller film co-written, co-produced, and directed by John Singleton and starring Samuel L. Jackson in the title role with Vanessa Williams, Jeffrey Wright, Christian Bale, Dan Hedaya, Busta Rhymes, Toni Collette and Richard Roundtree. It is a sequel to the 1971 Shaft film, in which Jackson plays the nephew (retconned as his son in the 2019 film) of John Shaft. The film opened at the number-one position at the box office when it debuted June 16, 2000. It received mixed to positive reviews on Metacritic, with the critical consensus on Rotten Tomatoes praises Jackson's charisma.