I saw this film, and I couldn't decide on it. I mean, I liked it, but the first one was authentic and original in it's 70's black-exploitation bad-ass way. Samuel L. Jackson is perfect as the new century's Richard Roundtree, as a cop on the edge who is trying to stop a killer (Christian Bale) after a woman (Tomi Collette). Best part, rapper Busta Rhymes plays his partner and is perfect in the role. Not quite authentic, not quite as bad, but very, very cool. Shaft is still the man, and Oscar-nominated director John Singelton proves it with Jackson. One of the best new films of the decade. A
Review of Shaft
