Shaft (2019)
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More Shaft than you can handle.
JJ, aka John Shaft Jr., may be a cyber security expert with a degree from MIT, but to uncover the truth behind his best friend’s untimely death, he needs an education only his dad can provide. Absent throughout JJ’s youth, the legendary locked-and-loaded John Shaft agrees to help his progeny navigate Harlem’s heroin-infested underbelly.
- Released: 2019-06-14
- Genres: Action, Crime, Comedy, Mystery
- Runtime: 1h 51m
- Status: Released
- TMDB rating: 6.5/10 from 1,926 votes
Directed by Tim Story.
Top cast
- Samuel L. Jackson as John Shaft
- Jessie T. Usher as JJ Shaft
- Regina Hall as Maya Babanikos
- Alexandra Shipp as Sasha Arias
- Richard Roundtree as John Shaft, Sr.
- Jordan Preston Carter as Young JJ
- Nyah Marie Johnson as Young Sasha
- Matt Lauria as Major Gary Cutworth
- Titus Welliver as Special Agent Vietti
- Method Man as Freddie P.
Where to watch Shaft
- United States: stream on YouTube TV; rent on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home; buy on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- United Kingdom: stream on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads; rent on Apple TV Store, Rakuten TV, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Sky Store; buy on Apple TV Store, Rakuten TV, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Sky Store
- India: stream on Netflix; rent on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Amazon Video; buy on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube
- Canada: rent on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, CosmoGo, YouTube, Amazon Video; buy on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, CosmoGo, YouTube, Amazon Video
- Australia: stream on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads; rent on JustWatch TV, Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Fetch TV; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Fetch TV
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