Shaft (2019)

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.

Director:

Tim Story

Stars:

Samuel L. Jackson (John Shaft), Jessie T. Usher (JJ Shaft), Regina Hall (Maya Babanikos), Alexandra Shipp (Sasha Arias), Richard Roundtree (John Shaft, Sr.), Jordan Preston Carter (Young JJ)