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6.0/10
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Shaft is back to find the murderer of an old friend on the cold hard city streets with a little help from his new friends.Shaft is back to find the murderer of an old friend on the cold hard city streets with a little help from his new friends.Shaft is back to find the murderer of an old friend on the cold hard city streets with a little help from his new friends.
Julius Harris
- Capt. Bollin
- (as Julius W. Harris)
Angelo Gnazzo
- Al
- (as Angelo Nazzo)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaGordon Parks the films director composed the score for this film and is drastically different than the one written by Issac Hayes in the original film. Parks influence on this film is based work on the legendary jazz pianist Duke Ellington and it is noticeable in several cues including the one written for the films' signature chase sequence which runs nearly 20 minutes that ends the film.
- GoofsObvious fake helicopter that Shaft shoots and it explodes. Its rotors were not spinning before the explosion and it was hanging from the overhead steel framework of the abandoned shipyard before being dropped in flames. Additionally, a fiery explosion happens on the ground underneath the helicopter even before it hits the ground.
- Quotes
Shaft: What are you buzzards doing here?
Bumpy Jonas: Well, well. Ha. We go to a lot of funerals, Shaft, Willy and me. One day, we'll drop in on yours.
Willy: Real soon.
Shaft: You're not invited.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Macked, Hammered, Slaughtered and Shafted (2004)
Featured review
An Adequate Sequel
Private Investigator "John Shaft" (Richard Roundtree) is back and this time he is trying to find the murderer of his friend who was running a numbers game in Queens. As it so happens the victim's partner "Johnny Kelly" (Wally Taylor) had gambled away $250,000 and a mob boss by the name of "Gus Mascola" (Joseph Mascolo) wants it back-along with a 50% share in Johnny Kelly's numbers racket. However, Johnny Kelly has other plans and decides to double cross Mascola by getting another mob boss from Harlem named "Bumpy Jonas" (Moses Gunn) involved in the same deal. Not only does he hope for a war between the two mob bosses but he also wants John Shaft killed in the process too. Now, rather than reveal any more of the movie I will just say that this was an adequate sequel to "Shaft". While it started off pretty well it got bogged down toward the end with an extremely long chase-and-gunfight scene which I thought actually detracted from the overall effect. In any case, although it wasn't bad necessarily it still wasn't nearly as good as the original. I rate it as average.
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- Uriah43
- Nov 3, 2014
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- Also known as
- The Big Bamboo
- Filming locations
- 833 Jamaica Avenue, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA(Cypress Hills cemetery - Cal Asby's funeral)
- Production companies
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- Budget
- $1,978,000 (estimated)
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