New York police detective John Shaft arrests Walter Wade Jr. for a racially motivated slaying. But the only eyewitness disappears, and Wade jumps bail for Switzerland. Two years later Wade returns to face trial, confident his money and influence will get him acquitted -- especially since he's paid a drug kingpin to kill the witness.

• DirectorJohn Singleton
• Release15 June 2000
• Genre
  Action / Adventure
• Duration1h 39m
• Budget$46,000,000
• Revenue$107,626,125
• Rate
  

  6.018
  1317 reviews
• Productions

  Paramount Pictures, Scott Rudin Productions, New Deal Productions, Shaft Productions, Munich Film Partners & Company (MFP) GHS Productions