John Shaft is a detective of New York apartment. He receives a task to investigate the case of Trey Howard who was killed. The clearest suspect is Walter Wade Jr - the real estate baron’s son. Shaft quickly approach one witness - Diane Palmiere. But she suddenly disappears and can’t attend the court.
The potency of [Jackson's] performance is almost enough to save this Y2K update of the black private dick from erectile dysfunction, but not quite.
Orlando Sentinel
January 01, 2000
John Singleton may have been the youngest director ever to be nominated for an Academy Award, but I wouldn't exactly call him a natural-born filmmaker.
Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY)
June 28, 2004
Samuel L. Jackson, who broke out of the pack in Pulp Fiction, fits the role and his leather Armani coat as though it's tailor-made. He's the man, and we can dig it.
