OK, so we know by now that Samuel L. Jackson will virtually always play a bad mother-f---er (his wallet in "Pulp Fiction" even said that). That said, there was little in the "Shaft" remake that we wouldn't expect. John Shaft (Jackson) is a bad mother investigating some things and doesn't take crap from anyone. When the original was released, it was the height of the Black Power movement, and they wanted to show that black Americans were no longer gonna listen to The Man - think of it as a jab against Nixon.
Still, this one is pretty cool. Toni Collette doesn't really make as much of her role as she did in "The Sixth Sense", but she's pretty good. All in all, I recommend the original more, but this one is worth seeing. Any questions?
Still, this one is pretty cool. Toni Collette doesn't really make as much of her role as she did in "The Sixth Sense", but she's pretty good. All in all, I recommend the original more, but this one is worth seeing. Any questions?