Shaft in Africa
by John Guillermin
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Actor: Debebe Eshetu, Frank Finlay, Neda Arneric, Richard Roundtree, Vonetta McGeeDirector: John Guillermin
Brand: Warner Brothers
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Letterboxed, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: Letterbox, 1.33:1
Running Time: 112 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2000-06-06
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Warner Home Video
Movie Reviews of Shaft in Africa
Movie Review: International Mission for Shaft !
Summary: 3 Stars
The tagline(s) for the third installment in the Shaft trilogy says it all. "The brother man in the motherland", & "Shaft is stickin it all the way". Shaft is recruited to stop a slavery racket..(Africa to France). Shaft,(Richard Roundtree) is in top form as a fighter, a lover, and detective/spy in this flick. Shaft abandons his "iron" and uses a stick in some well choreographed fighting scenes. Plenty of violence is served up as the man overseeing the slavery racket, Amafi (Frank Finlay) is aware of Shaft's identity, thanks to a double agent. The Shaft chicks are the beautiful Aleme,(Vonetta McGee)- daughter of the emir (Cy Grant) who hires Shaft to infiltrate the international slave trading racket. Aleme gives Shaft a tutorial in the tribal customs and the language spoken preparing him for his trip to Africa. He in turn gives her a tutorial all his own.
Shaft also gets to nail the slave kingpins sensuous mistress...Jazar. Delectable blonde, blue eyed, Neda Arneric (Yugoslavian actress), who makes her American film debut. Aboard a slave smuggling ship from Africa to France, Shaft gives Jazar the eye and the feeling is mutual. She gets her wish to make love with Shaft in a very "steamy" seduction scene. The musical score and more specifically, Johnny Pate's guitar work, spices up some scenes. The Four Tops provide the theme song, "Are You Man Enough". Shaft makes his way to Paris and takes care of business. This movie definitely has the flavor of a Bond movie as Shaft gets a couple of gadgets for his mission. A definite step away from the first two Shaft flicks and worth a view.
Summary of Shaft in Africa
Richard roundtree returns as the indomitable shaft this time drafted for an overseas assignment to pose as a slave unmask the leaders of an africa-to-europe slavery cartel and for good measure mix his business with amorous pleasure involving a beautiful princess. Subtitles in english and french. Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 02/03/2004 Starring: Richard Roundtree Vonetta Mcgee Run time: 111 minutes Rating: R Director: John GuillerminThe second sequel to the hit Shaft, this film foreshadows itself early on when Shaft, asked to go undercover in Africa to halt modern-day slave trade, claims that he's not James Bond but strictly Sam Spade. Bond, however, is the operative model here, with John Shaft masquerading as an Ethiopian to infiltrate the slave business and bring it down. Yet everyone he encounters seems to know who he is and wants to kill him--but the string of dead bodies he leaves in his wake across two continents proves that no one is able to stop everyone's favorite hip private eye. Written by Stirling Silliphant, the film is long on action set pieces that are filmed with more energy than in Shaft's Big Score. Given contemporary practices involving smugglers of illegal Chinese and Mexican immigrants, the plot isn't all that far-fetched. Roundtree, as usual, is the picture of unflappable cool--but don't get him mad. --Marshall Fine
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