Best Movies Guide: Why Shaft Still Matters

Shaft (2019) — an evergreen reference for this movie: the essentials, the cast, where to watch and what to watch next. More Shaft than you can handle.

Where to watch

TMDB's U.S. watch-provider data lists Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand. Availability changes by country and date, so check your streaming app before watching.

Cast

Samuel L. Jackson as John Shaft; Jessie T. Usher as JJ Shaft; Regina Hall as Maya Babanikos; Alexandra Shipp as Sasha Arias; Richard Roundtree as John Shaft, Sr.; Jordan Preston Carter as Young JJ; Nyah Marie Johnson as Young Sasha; Matt Lauria as Major Gary Cutworth

About Shaft

JJ, aka John Shaft Jr., may be a cyber security expert with a degree from MIT, but to uncover the truth behind his best friend’s untimely death, he needs an education only his dad can provide. Absent throughout JJ’s youth, the legendary locked-and-loaded John Shaft agrees to help his progeny navigate Harlem’s heroin-infested underbelly.

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