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By Vince Mancini (256) for Uproxx (697) on 02 Jan 2020

While I cannot resist an hour plus of delightful Sam Jacksonian shit talk, neither can I in good conscience recommend you staying for the entirety…

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By John Fink (368) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 11 Jul 2019

Despite a few laughs, it’s a film that panders to a general audience with the funky musical score of a blaxploitation flick but none of the…

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By Benjamin Lee (469) for The Guardian (2,969) on 18 Jun 2019

Even outside of the script’s aggressively repetitive bigotry, the shambolic Scooby Doo plot struggles to grab even the slightest amount of…

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By Peter Travers (3,602) for Rolling Stone (4,035) on 17 Jun 2019

By the end, when the three Shafts hit the streets in identical long coats like something out of The Matrix, the message is clear…

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By Alex Saveliev (258) for Film Threat (5,156) on 15 Jun 2019

Shaft attempts to hide its own prejudices by simply acknowledging those issues, without so much as a trace of depth or substance…

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By David Edelstein (2,124) for New York Magazine (Vulture) (3,519) on 15 Jun 2019

It’s so aggressively puerile and phallocentric (big swinging dicks, big guns) it could be taken as a parody of a puerile, phallocentric action…

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By Keith Watson (196) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 14 Jun 2019

Ultimately, the only truly retro thing about this weirdly reactionary potboiler is its politics…

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By Odie Henderson (402) for RogerEbert.com (5,563) on 14 Jun 2019

The plot is completely forgettable and Story’s direction is atrocious here…

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By Charles Barfield (33) for The Playlist (3,871) on 13 Jun 2019

Despite its sometimes questionable jokes, provocative cultural trolling and a shaky plot, Shaft isn’t either a full-on misfire nor blaxploitation…

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By Richard Roeper (2,737) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 13 Jun 2019

It’s arguably the weakest, lamest and least memorable entry in the history of the franchise. It’s also crass and tone-deaf…

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By Liam Lacey (1,725) for Original-Cin (1,156) on 13 Jun 2019

The confrontations involve a lot of prolonged, quasi-slapstick bullet-spraying firefights, which are hard on windows… and on viewers’ patience…

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By A.o. Scott (2,100) for The New York Times (9,847) on 13 Jun 2019

You occasionally sense the presence of an interesting movie struggling to get out of this hyperactive action comedy — or even just a better…

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By Brian Lowry (913) for CNN (497) on 13 Jun 2019

A private eye who's a sex machine to all the chicks, as the song went back in 1971, isn't exactly tailor-made to 2019…

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By John Semley (121) for The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (4,018) on 13 Jun 2019

In its neediness to be liked, the new Shaft – the third of five films in the series to be titled, simply, Shaft – says everything and nothing…

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By James Berardinelli (4,524) for ReelViews (4,523) on 13 Jun 2019

No one steals scenes from Samuel L. Jackson when he’s in this mode. His entire modus operandi is to be the biggest, baddest motherf…

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By Cary Darling (452) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 13 Jun 2019

Despite lapses in the script, there is a palpable chemistry between Usher and Jackson, and the humor that sparks between the two is what carries…

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By Todd Mccarthy (1,810) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 12 Jun 2019

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…

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By Candice Frederick (452) for TheWrap (3,203) on 12 Jun 2019

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…

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By Gary Thompson (1,554) for Philadelphia Daily News (1,596) on 12 Jun 2019

The plot particulars are flimsy and laughable by design — this Shaft has been put together by folks with an instinct for comedy…

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By Lindsey Bahr (430) for The Associated Press (882) on 12 Jun 2019

How jokes this offensive can make it to the screen in 2019 is beyond comprehension and a bit of a shame, considering that this has so much…

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