Shaft (2000)Stream and Watch Online

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Released June 15th, 2000, 'Shaft' stars Samuel L. Jackson, Vanessa Williams, Jeffrey Wright, Christian Bale The R movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 39 min, and received a user score of 60 (out of 100) on TMDb, which assembled reviews from 1,261 well-known users.

Interested in knowing what the movie's about? Here's the plot: "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."

'Shaft' is currently available to rent, purchase, or stream via subscription on Pluto TV, Paramount Plus Apple TV Channel , Paramount+ Roku Premium Channel, Plex, Vudu, Apple iTunes, YouTube, Microsoft Store, fuboTV, Paramount Plus, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, and Paramount+ Amazon Channel .