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affiliates deliver the lowdown on "Shaft":
JACKPOT
You can add "Shaft" to that short list of successful films this summer
TALKIN'
'BOUT SHAFT
The
film bears little resemblance to its predecessor, nor
is it a smart updating of the "Shaft" legacy
MAKE WAR, NOT LOVE
The new "Shaft" replaces passion with bloodlust
PLAY
THAT FUNKY MUSIC
A
post-coital Shaft is lost without his machismo
COOL
CAT, COLD REVIVAL
The
best thing about "Shaft" is Samuel L. Jackson's Shaft
COPPING AN ATTITUDE
Aside from its approving nods at vigilante justice, John Singleton's updated
"Shaft" is a pretty good detective yarn
LAXPLOITATION
The title may be "Shaft," but this ain't the same bad mutha
STAR TURN
Sam Jackson survives "Shaft" with the force of his performance
STUCK
IN THE MIDDLE
As
the character himself says, the new Shaft is "too black
for the uniform, too blue for the brothers"
IN THE GROOVE
Sam Jackson earns props for adeptly playing ball with the film's flawed script
ACTION
JACKSON
"Shaft"
kicks it new school
MUDDLED TREAT
Sam's the man, but viewers get the shaft
ARRESTED
DEVELOPMENTS
John
Singleton's "Shaft" is mildly entertaining, but ultimately
disappointing
STREET CRED
The new "Shaft" does its 1970s predecessor justice
REBIRTH
OF THE COOL
Singleton's
"Shaft" downplays the sex and forgoes the sharp dressing.
That leaves the guns and ammo.
SHAFT'S
BIG SCORE
Original
music guarantees a good time at Samuel L. Jackson's
joint
ONE BAD MUTHA
On-set conflicts seem to have seeped in and polluted the new "Shaft"
GOING PUBLIC
A cop fed up with the system, "Shaft"'s dick is private no longer
MEN
WITH A PLAN
John
Singleton and Samuel L. Jackson bring back the legendary
black private dick
COP OUT
John Singleton gives audiences the "Shaft"
CAN YOU DIG IT?
The new "Shaft" does damage to a blaxploitation classic
BAAD
BROTHERS GET OVER
Looking
back at the blaxploitation revolution
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