Now, before we get into what you need to know of how you can watch 'Shaft' right now, here are some particulars about the Paramount Pictures, Scott Rudin Productions, New Deal Productions, Shaft Productions, Munich Film Partners & Company (MFP) GHS Productions adventure flick. Shaft starring Samuel L. Jackson, Vanessa Williams, Jeffrey Wright, Christian Bale has a R rating, a runtime of about 1 hr 39 min. The release date of the movie is June 15th, 2000. The movie received a user score of 60/100 on TMDb, which was calculated from reviews from 1,386 platform users.
Thinking about what happens in this film? Here's the plot: "New York police detective John Shaft arrests Walter Wade Jr. for a racially motivated slaying. But the only eyewitness disappears, and Wade jumps bail for Switzerland. Two years later Wade returns to face trial, confident his money and influence will get him acquitted -- especially since he's paid a drug kingpin to kill the witness."
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Read on for a listing of streaming and cable services - including rental, purchase, and subscription options - along with the availability of 'Shaft' on each platform when they are available. 'Shaft' is currently available to rent, purchase, or stream via subscription on Paramount+ Apple TV Channel , Prime Video, Prime Video, and Hoopla in the US.
'Shaft' Release Dates
Watch in Movie Theaters on June 15th, 2000
Watch on DVD or Blu-ray starting
December 12th, 2000
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Shaft (Reboot) Movies
Legacy of the films and the television series of the same name dating from the 70s featuring a Harlem cop with unorthodox but effective methods. Here, it is the nephew of John SHAFT (actually his son) who takes up the torch.










