Essentially works, even though the script is a mess and John Singleton's direction is often clumsy and heavy-handed to an annoying degree.
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This review of Shaft (2000) was written by William Arnold and published by Seattle Post-Intelligencer on 19 Apr 2001.
Shaft has generally received positive reviews.
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