History Film / Shaft2019

John "JJ" Shaft III (Creator/JessieTUsher) is an FBI agent and cybersecurity expert with a degree from MIT. After his best friend dies due to suspicious circumstances, he turns to his estranged father - John Shaft II (Creator/SamuelLJackson) - to uncover the truth. Father and son must navigate the Harlem underworld to solve the crime. Along the way, they team up with the legendary first generation John Shaft (Creator/RichardRoundtree).

* DoesntLikeGuns: JJ mentions to his father several times that he has a disdain for guns. On occasion, however, he won't hesitate to use one whenever a shootout occurs.
-->'''JJ''': I said I didn't like guns. I didn't say I can't shoot.

* NewMeat: JJ is not quite prepared for some extreme situations his father and grandfather can handle as they're hardened veterans from much different eras.

The film was theatrically released in North America on June 14, 2019, and is streamed on Creator/{{Netflix}} in the rest of the world since June 28, 2019.

* FlatCharacter: When compared to fully developed villains like Peoples Hernandez, Wade Wilson Jr., and the two dirty cops from the 2000 film - each of the villains in this installment are egregiously generic and one dimensional.

* {{Playing Gertrude}} Richard Roundtree is just seven years older than Samuel L. Jackson.

* SpinOffspring: Jessie Usher plays John Shaft III (a.k.a. JJ), the son of John Shaft II who in turn is the son of the original John Shaft.

John "JJ" Shaft III (Jessie Usher) is an FBI agent and cybersecurity expert with a degree from MIT. After his best friend dies due to suspicious circumstances, he turns to his estranged father - John Shaft II (Creator/SamuelLJackson) - to uncover the truth. Father and son must navigate the Harlem underworld to solve the crime. Along the way, they team up with the legendary first generation John Shaft (Creator/RichardRoundtree).

John Shaft III (Jessie Usher) is an FBI agent and cybersecurity expert with a degree from MIT. After his best friend dies due to suspicious circumstances, he turns to his estranged father - John Shaft II (Creator/SamuelLJackson) - to uncover the truth. Father and son must navigate the Harlem underworld to solve the crime. Along the way, they team up with the legendary first generation John Shaft (Creator/RichardRoundtree).

* RealityEnsues:
** A drunk JJ wins a fight against a random patron in a nightclub by using UsefulNotes/{{Capoeira}} (Brazilian dance fighting). Later on, he tries it against a guy who is formally trained in more practical hand-to-hand combat, and gets his ass handed to him.
** Still new to the action, JJ learns the hard way that using your shoulder to break a window is a bad idea.
** Sasha decides ''not'' to run in after JJ after he sneaked into one of the bad guys' compound, calling it a basic move. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, she gets captured anyway.]]

* NotSoDifferent: There are early moments of FridgeBrilliance that indicate that JJ has more in common with his father than he would admit. Specifically, early in the film JJ attempts to cross the street and is nearly run over by a motorist. JJ then finds the guy's license plate on the FBI database and invalidates the license. This kind of power usage is much like the sort of thing Shaft would do.
** Another time is when they turn the radio on. JJ plays a pop song; Shaft plays a distinctly 70s soul song. Neither likes each others' taste but the lyrics in the songs are about the same thing: women and making love to them.

''Shaft'' is a 2019 action-comedy-crime film directed by Creator/TimStory and written by Kenya Barris and Alex Barnow and the fifth film in the ''Shaft'' series, bringing three generations of John Shafts together -- [[Film/{{Shaft}} the original]], [[Film/Shaft2000 the second]], and a [[SpinOffspring much younger third]].

* FlatCharacter: When compared to fully developed villains like Peoples Hernandez, Wade Wilson Jr., and the two dirty cops from the 2000 film - all of the antagonists in this installment are egregiously generic and one dimensional.

* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Shaft II begrudgingly comes to understand that some of his homophobic and misogynistic views are not appropriate. Dominguez, a meek young soldier who had a role in Karim's demise, deeply regrets his actions and wants to do the honorable thing by turning himself in. Unfortunately, his cohorts kill him after he suggests that they do the same.]]

* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Shaft II begrudgingly comes to understand that some of his homophobic and misogynistic views are not appropriate. Dominguez, a meek young soldier who had a role in Karim's demise, comes to regret his actions and wants to the honorable thing by turning himself in. Unfortunately, his cohorts kill him after he suggests that they do the same]]

* HeelFaceTurn: Shaft II gradually comes to understand that some of his views aren't quite appropriate.

* EleventhHourRanger: The movie focuses on Shaft II and JJ. Shaft Sr. doesn't appear until late in the film when he joins them in the final battle. There’s no mention of him either, except for one indirect reference when JJ calls a Shaft II “the worst father ever”. Shaft II brushes it off by replying “No, that would be ''my'' father”.

* {{Flanderization}}: Appropriate for the franchise’s shift from serious drama to satirical comedy, Shaft II is a lot less hard nosed than he was in the previous film and has become more wisecracking.

* LikeFatherUnlikeSon: JJ is quite nerdy and bumbling, unlike his father John Shaft II, who feels he has to "babysit his ass". The same can be said for Shaft II and Shaft Sr. Shaft Sr. was always a tough but suave gentleman, whereas Shaft II is a perverted jerkass.

** Sasha decides ''not'' to run in after JJ after he sneaked into one of the bad guys' compound, calling it a basic move. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, she gets capture anyway.]]

* TookALevelInJerkass: Shaft II, while a tough guy, was rather compassionate and understanding in the 2000 film. This film presents him as judgmental, self-absorbed, and homophobic.

* DirtyOldMan: Shaft II, complete with an unhealthy obsession with sex.

* {{Flanderization}}: Appropriate for the franchise’s shift from drama to comedy, Shaft II is a lot less hard nosed and more wisecracking.

* LikeFatherUnlikeSon: JJ is quite the bumbling guy, unlike his father John Shaft II, who feels he has to "babysit his ass".

* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: JJ, while drunk, ends up subduing a man with Capoeira in a BarBrawl.

** A drunk JJ wins a fight against a random patron in a nightclub while drunk by using UsefulNotes/{{Capoeira}} (Brazilian dance fighting). Later on, he tries it against a guy who is formally trained in more practical hand-to-hand combat, and gets his ass handed to him.

* EleventhHourRanger: The movie focuses on Shaft II and JJ. Shaft Sr. doesn't appear until late in the film when he joins them in the final battle. There’s no mention of him either, except for one indirect reference when JJ calls a Shaft II “the worst father ever”. Shaft II brushes it off by replying “No, that would be ‘my’ father”.

* BadassLongcoat: All three John Shafts wear longcoats on the poster and and at the end of the film, and the first two Shafts are established badasses(JJ's working on it).

* DisneyVillainDeath: [[spoiler:Gordito meets his end this way, after having a knife thrown at his chest and taking multiple gunshots.]] In a slight subversion, [[spoiler:Gordito's body]] is seen hitting the side of the buildingand landing on a parked car.

* TakingTheBullet: [[spoiler: At the end of the final battle, [[EvilIsPetty Gordito tries to shoot JJ out of spite against the Shafts]], but Shaft II jumps in front of JJ and shoots Gordito several times, sending him falling to his death. He collapses shortly after, but later recovers in a hospital.]]

* DisneyVillainDeath: [[spoiler:Gordito meets his end this way, after having a knife thrown at his chest and taking multiple gunshots.]]

* VomitIndiscretionShot: JJ barfs on two of Shaft’s girlfriends after being unable to keep his liquor down.

The film is due to release in North America on June 14, 2019, and it will stream on Creator/{{Netflix}} in the rest of the world on June 28.