The first three features may be described as blaxploitation films, the television film series is a mystery, and the fourth feature installment is a crime thriller. By contrast the fifth film installment, released to Netflix, is a satirical buddy-cop comedy. [5]

In 1989, NYPD Detective John Shaft, his wife Maya, and their infant son JJ Shaft survive an assassination attempt by drug lord Pierro "Gordito" Carrera. Concerned for their safety, Maya divorces Shaft, moves upstate, and raises JJ on her own.

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The focus this time is on John 'JJ' Shaft, III, a timid analyst with the FBI who's forced to team up--and clash with the "old school" methods of his father John Shaft, II while investigating the death of a close friend.

New York City police detective John Shaft (nephew of the original 1970s detective) goes on a personal mission to make sure the son of a real estate tycoon is brought to justice after a racially-motivated murder. 3. Shaft.

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Feb 2, 2018 · Next year's Shaft reboot will unite three generations of the crime fighting family and as production begins, we get a look at all them all together.

Jun 13, 2019 · If new writers are brought on board and/or Tim Story doesn’t reprise his role as the franchise’s latest director, there’s a chance a possible Shaft 2 may still not go that route.

Jun 14, 2019 · The new Shaft may just be hitting theaters this week, but there’s already talk of a sequel. Can ya dig it? The film is the fifth big screen outing for the ultra-cool detective, following Richard Roundtree’s trilogy of Blaxploitation outings in the ’70s and the Samuel L. Jackson-starring sequel/semi-reboot from 2000.

Jun 14, 2019 · Absent throughout JJ’s youth, the legendary locked-and-loaded John Shaft (Jackson) agrees to help his progeny navigate Harlem’s heroin-infested underbelly. And while JJ’s own FBI analyst’s badge may clash with his dad’s trademark leather coat, there’s no …