SHAFT – Review by Lynnette Nicholas
New Line Cinema’s newest adaptation of Shaft, is back on the big screen in theaters, but this time around under the direction of Tim Story (Fantastic Four, Think Like A Man, Ride Along), the franchise starring Samuel L. Jackson, Jessie T. Usher, Regina Hall and Richard Roundtree, has found a brilliant way of combining the “old-school” legacy of Shaft with a “new way” of fighting crime.
John Shaft’s no-nonsense, street-style of fighting crime, coupled with JJ’s (aka John Shaft, Jr) millennial political-correctness, cyber smarts and sensitive consideration for the humanity in others makes for an interesting and dynamic storyline that is sure to create nostalgia for the original Shaft films, while instilling a newfound respect for the Shaft franchise in current millennial audiences. Continue reading.
