Shaft (2019)
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Shaft rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic
IMDb6.4/10· 61K votes
Rotten Tomatoes34%
Metacritic40%
TMDb6.527/10· 2K votesWith 34% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 6.4/10 on IMDb and 40/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been modest.
About Shaft
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.
Cast of Shaft
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.
Isaach de Bankolé
as Pierro 'Gordito' Carrera
Avan Jogia
as Karim Hassan
Shaft facts
- Budget
- $30M
- Box office
- $21.4M
- Collection
- Shaft (Reboot) Collection
Ranked by the iRankMovies editorial teamUpdated August 2026MethodologyData sources
Audience opinions
What the audience liked
- •Crime thriller delivers action-comedy with stylish detective protagonist
- •Reboot approach modernizes classic character with contemporary sensibilities
- •Shootout sequences provide kinetic action punctuation throughout runtime
What the audience disliked
- •Plot relies on genre clichés feeling familiar and predictable throughout
- •Character relationships lack depth despite charismatic cast performance
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Where to watch Shaft(US)
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