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Samuel L. Jackson is the new Shaft (nephew of the original
John Shaft), a tough detective who's on the hunt for a wealthy, racist killer and the
frightened witness who can put the murderer behind bars. Also with Vanessa L. Williams,
Jeffrey Wright, Christian Bale, Dan Hedaya, Busta Rhymes, Toni Collette and Richard
Roundtree. [1:37]
SEX/NUDITY 4 - Some sexual innuendo (all during one conversation) and a
passionate kiss. During the opening credits a series of close-ups show a man and woman
presumably having intercourse; we see close-ups of her bare buttocks, hands caressing bare
arms and chests, a nipple (it's unclear whether it's his or hers), and their
facial expressions. A woman squeezes a man's clothed buttocks and a man grabs at his
clothed crotch in a few scenes (he is angry rather than aroused). A man walks out of a bar
with a woman on each arm. We see a presumably nude man's bare chest (it's
implied his clothes have been stolen), three women in bras and panties (nothing sexual is
implied or about to happen), and a few women in cleavage-revealing tops.
VIOLENCE/GORE 8 - Lots of people are shot (a couple are shot at close
range); often we see them fall to the ground (one person is thrown backwards quite a bit),
sometimes we see blood spray, and a few times we see bloody holes in clothing. A man with
a slightly bloody shirt lies on a sidewalk with blood pooling near his head (we also see a
bloody metal pole lying nearby); we later see him wearing a bloody neck brace and being
moved to a stretcher, where he begins convulsing and presumably dies. In a later scene we
see what happened to the man: another man hits him in the head with a pole, causing him to
fall to the ground, then they struggle briefly (again, we see the bloody pole and blood on
the man's shirt); the man puts his fingers in the other man's blood and then
grabs a woman's face, leaving a bloody mark. A man is thrown out of a window and we
see his lifeless body lying on the ground with blood running out of his nose and mouth. A
man is stabbed and falls to the ground. A man stabs another's hand, pinning it to a
bench for a little bit and causing a bloody wound, which we see in a close-up. A man holds
a woman, pokes her neck with a knife (we hear a popping noise and see blood running down
her neck), then throws her to the ground (we later see a bloody abrasion on her forehead).
A man stabs his chest repeatedly but not fatally and his shirt becomes bloody and torn (we
see him in a few other scenes afterwards). A man is hit by a car and rolls into the
windshield (he's not injured). A man hits another in the face repeatedly with a gun
(resulting in a bloody mouth), a man punches another twice (he gets a bloody nose and we
later see him wearing a bandage on it), two other men are punched, a man punches
another's crotch, three men grab another man and hit his crotch, a man backhands
another, a man hits another in the head with a basketball, a man kicks another, a man
chokes another, a man grabs another and they both fall through a glass door, a man is
pushed through a door, men throw a trash can and other objects at another group of men, a
man throws a badge at another (it nearly hits him before it sticks in the wall behind
him), a man struggles as he's led out of a courtroom, boys scuffle, a man is nearly
hit by a car twice, a few people are thrown to the ground, several people are pushed, and
some people are grabbed. During a foot chase a man pushes two women down, men exchange
gunfire, and a man jumps through a window and crashes through another building's
window. Many police officers with guns raid an apartment, threaten people with guns, and
lead a few people away. Lots of threatening with guns and a few scenes during which
gunfire is exchanged; also, a few instances of threatening with knives, some verbal
threatening, and in one scene a group of men threaten another group with bats. A car
sideswipes another car and drives along a wall; also, a car chase during which lots of
gunfire is exchanged, windows are shot out, cars bump into each other several times, and
two cars flip over and slide on their roofs. We see a man with a little blood on his
fingers, a woman with a little blood on her chin, a woman with a swollen red eye (she says
her boyfriend hit her), and a man with a facial abrasion. A man pulls a corpse out of a
car. We hear a plopping noise while a man sits on a toilet.
PROFANITY 10 - At least 130 F-words, an obscene finger gesture, lots of
anatomical and scatological references, lots of mild obscenities, several insults, and
many racial slurs. [profanity glossary]
DISCUSSION TOPICS - Police detectives, murder, racism, drug manufacturing, drug
dealing, implied marijuana use, "crooked" police officers, being a fugitive from
the law, vigilantism.
MESSAGE - Taking the law into your own hands ensures justice will be served.
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