Shaft Critic Reviews

With Jackson leading the way, Shaft has style, punch, and street cred. It's a hot cool update.Read the full review

It's fast, easy on the eyes, full of funny putdowns and cast well enough to have two memorable villains.Read the full review

Shaft has everything --smart writing, shrewd direction and a handful of performances that are first-rate by any standard.Read the full review

If nothing else, Shaft is spicy fast food.Read the full review

Samuel L. Jackson instantly takes the mantle from Mr. Shaft himself, Richard Roundtree, and runs with it on pure style and charisma.Read the full review

Is this a good movie? Not exactly; too much of it is on automatic pilot, as it must be, to satisfy the fans of the original Shaft. Is it better than I expected? Yes.Read the full review

Shaft scores by lacing ba-da-boom action with social pertinence.Read the full review

Shaft? Not in this splashy-but-empty remake he isn't.Read the full review

The main thing the new Shaft gets right is casting for the title role. It's too bad the rest of the film doesn't hold your attention the way he does.Read the full review