# Shaft (2019)

> An MIT-trained FBI analyst teams with his estranged, old-school father to investigate a friend's death amid Harlem's drug underworld.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/248544

## Facts

- Runtime: 111 min
- Genres: Action, Crime, Comedy, Mystery
- Director: Tim Story
- Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Jessie T. Usher, Regina Hall, Alexandra Shipp, Richard Roundtree, Jordan Preston Carter, Nyah Marie Johnson, Matt Lauria
- TMDB rating: 6.5/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4463894/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: moderate
- Mood: irreverent, witty, propulsive, action movie night, franchise catch-up

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