Shaft
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Movie Reviews of Shaft
Movie Review: The original
Summary: 5 Stars
Gordon Parks created a sensation in Shaft with an ultracool performance by Richard Roundtree who went onto to do several films in this series. However none holds up as well as does the first film, which plays just as well today as it did in the 70's. Shaft was the quintessential rogue cop, taking orders from no one and tracking down the crooks no matter where they hid in the city. But what really makes this movie work is the feel Parks has for New York, capturing the quality of the inner city like few others have been able to do. One is carried along on the hip soundtrack by Isaac Hayes, taking in the mean streets of Harlem as Shaft fights both the corrupt police force and the underworld. Always one to do it his own way.Movie Review: Be There or Be Square
Summary: 5 Stars
...Nothing is more funky then this Groovy film, which has been said to be the beginning of the blaxploitation genre. John Shaft is the man, and no one knows but his woman, as he tries to find the truth behind things, and mind you as whitey always tries to bring him down. Now, if I were you, I'd stay the soul-loving person you are, and stay away from the Jive Turkey re-make in 2000. Which although holds a wonderful characterization of the last man on Earth who you can still call "COOL"; Samuel L. Jackson, but, it still plays only as a mind-bender compared to the first film. In short, Shaft is like a James Bond movie, only with a cool character who is more human. The only thing bad about Shaft, is that IT IS dated.Movie Review: The way a Black man ought to be
Summary: 5 Stars
Shaft probably was one of the first non subserviant-non comical Black characters in a film without an all Black cast. Sidney Poitier comes to mind in the original "In the heat of the night" and Woody Strode,Harry Belafonte, and Jim Brown also come to mind. But Shaft made Black men feel proud to be a man and proud to be Black. Richard Roundtree was Black Americas John Wayne. Too many of us Black men are tough in our own neighborhoods and around our own people but when we get on Mister Charleys job we cant stop grinnin and tap dancin and playin the fiddle. Not Shaft though-this brotha was a real man.Movie Review: The Rise of a Black Superhero of the 1970s
Summary: 5 Stars
"Who's the cat that won't cop out when their is danger all about?" "SHAFT" Right ON!!!!!! The rise of the black superhero. Shaft sticking it to the man. This is a 1971 Classic of pure blaxploitation! Sex, love, violence, action, and having all of the ladies!! Good cult classic? I wish they would have never cancelled the 1973-1974 series that aired on CBS!! Please let me know if they will come out with a box set on DVD!! I will be the first to purchase it!Movie Review: Cool Music
Summary: 5 Stars
Shaft DVD
As far as I know Shaft broke new ground as a movie starring a black man in 1971. Shaft was the perfect example of a rogue cop, taking orders from no one and tracking down the crooks no matter where they hid in the city.
Recommended for fans of Richard Roundtree and quality jazz.
Gunner February, 2008