Shaft's reviews
Media reviews
Variety
The movie is product, but by the end you want to see this team again.
The Wrap
Though there is a comforting nostalgia from seeing the Shaft men stick it to the man while simultaneously holding on to their old-school alpha-male swagger, Junior?s presence adds a much needed reproach ? and smartly comedic element ? that ultimately doesn?t blame them but instead makes them take a hard look at the error of their ways in the face of justice.
The Hollywood Reporter
To listen to Jackson doing street talk is akin to reveling in Olivier reciting Shakespeare ? in other words, it's one of the great pleasures of the language. Edit the film down to his dialogue and you have a wonderful greatest hits collection.
The A.V. Club
Among all the cardinal sins of moviemaking it commits (up to and including reusing an iconic needle drop from a Martin Scorsese movie), the worst is this: It makes Shaft look uncool.
Festival Internacional de Cine de Lanzarote