Budget: FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Opening Wknd:  FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Gross: FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Genre: Action / Crime / Thriller /  more » Awards: 1 win & 12 nominations  more » User Ratings: 5.9 (30,832 votes)  more »   Production Co: FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Distributor: FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Summary: New York City police detective John Shaft (nephew of the original 1970s detective) goes on a personal mission to make sure the son of a real estate tycoon is brought to justice after a racially-motivated murder.  more »

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Filmmakers: John Singleton - Director / Writer (story) (screenplay) / Producer, Ernest Tidyman - Writer (novel "Shaft"), Shane Salerno - Writer (story) (screenplay), Richard Price - Writer (screenplay), Mark Roybal - Producer, Scott Rudin - Producer, Donald E. Thorin - Cinematographer, David Arnold - Composer, Patrizia von Brandenstein - Production Designer, John Bloom - Editor, Antonia Van Drimmelen - Editor  more »

Cast overview, first billed only (view more cast)		STARmeter™
	Samuel L. Jackson ... John Shaft	251
	Vanessa Williams ... Carmen Vasquez	1,607
	Jeffrey Wright ... Peoples Hernandez	2,631
	Christian Bale ... Walter Wade, Jr.	26
	Busta Rhymes ... Rasaan	9,547