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Plot summary
In 1989, drug lord Pierro Gordito Carrera orders an attempt on the life of NYPD Detective John Shaft. Shaft's wife Maya and their baby son JJ are caught up in it. Maya divorces Shaft and raises JJ upstate. Twenty-five years later, Shaft is a private investigator; JJ is a rookie FBI analyst. JJ's childhood friend Karim, a former soldier, appears to die of a heroin overdose, but Sasha, a doctor, concludes he was murdered. JJ asks his father for help. Shaft takes the case, thinking it could bring him to Gordito.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Shaft (2019)
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- Richard Roundtree's return as the original John Shaft Sr. in the 2019 Shaft was his final portrayal of the character; the actor died in 2023. The film is the fifth entry in the Shaft series and a sequel to the 2000 film of the same title.
