I can see why
this movie wasn’t a hit—it’s so good and so true to what humor really is that
the “woke” crowd of this century might have a problem with it. The comedy is
natural, and the whole film is a joyride to cinematic promise land. Samuel L.
Jackson feels so at home in his character that you totally understand when he
implies, “If James Bond were real, he’d want to be me.”
The movie even
throws in some hilarious gags, like referencing the time a newscaster
mistakenly called Samuel L. Jackson “Laurence Fishburne.” What’s not to like in
this movie? The answer: nothing.
The film stars
Samuel L. Jackson as Shaft II, Jessie T. Usher as Shaft III, and Richard
Roundtree as Shaft (the original). It’s the fifth film in the Shaft series and
a sequel to the 2000 movie of the same title, which also starred Samuel L.
Jackson.
The plot kicks
off in 1989, showing the “equal-opportunity ass-whupper,” Shaft (Samuel L.
Jackson), saving his girl and son from a shootout. His girl, upset by the
chaos, leaves him and takes their son with her. She raises their son alone,
telling him his dad ran off and wanted nothing to do with him. Her way of
“raising him right” was making sure he grew up as anti-Shaft as possible.
When JJ shares
the details of the case, Shaft quickly connects it to one he’s already working
on, involving a drug kingpin. The father-son duo team up, and their
investigation leads to bonding moments, with Shaft teaching JJ the ropes. This
dynamic is what makes the movie so enjoyable. The witty dialogue keeps you
entertained, and when the original Shaft (Richard Roundtree) makes his grand
entrance about 20 minutes before the film ends, it’s pure cinematic gold.
There’s no way
you can watch this movie and not enjoy it. Everything about it screams for a
sequel. But given its lackluster box office performance, I don’t think that’s
going to happen.
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