Who's the black private........ (Shaft [2000] (DVD))

Member Name: Scott Fowler

Product:	Shaft [2000] (DVD)
Date:	17/04/02 (17 review reads)
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Advantages: Samuel L Jackson

Disadvantages: not much in the way of plot twists

Still the man, damn right.
What a silly yet strangely enjoyable film.
John Shaft is tough, uncompromising black cop. Christian Bale plays nasty
racist white man, Walter Wade Junior, who kills innocent black kid for no
apparent reason (other than black kid made Wade look like a fool in front of
his rich pals). Shaft arrests Wade and then breaks his nose, Wade procedes to
jump bail and flees to Switzerland. Cut to classy "Two years later" shot and
we're back with Shaft. He's still tough, he's still uncompromising and yes he's
still a lover to all the ladies, damn right. Gets wind that Wade is about to
come back cos he reckons he can get off with the murder (daddy's rich, has
contacts and the only witness has vanished and is unwilling to testify anyway).
Film now moves into "killing" mode. Shaft kills about twenty bad guys, no questions asked. Once again bad guys suffer from "Imperial Stormtrooper Syndrome" i.e. couldn't hit the side of a barn from ten paces. Meanwhile Shaft is a better shot than , well something that's a really good shot.
This looks and sounds good, but is certainly daft.
Is there anyone cooler than Samuel L Jackson??

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