1971 · crime · action
Shaft (1971)
Directed by Gordon Parks1h 40m1971
Cool Black private eye John Shaft is hired by a crime lord to find and retrieve his kidnapped daughter.
Our read: Shaft (1971) (1971) reads as a neutral, kinetic, grounded crime · action entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, kinetic, measured crime / action, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- brisk
- intense
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“You want cool 70s Blaxploitation swagger with a badass NYC private eye.”
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