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Erik Lundegaard, Seattle Times: Whenever he [Jackson] isn't on the screen -- which isn't much -- the movie flags. Read more
Robert Denerstein, Denver Rocky Mountain News: Read more
Susan Stark, Detroit News: Sleek, urgent, knowing, gleefully profane and above all ultra-cool, Shaft blows into the summer movie season like a breath of fresh air. Read more
Chris Vognar, Dallas Morning News: The story becomes a mess about halfway through. Read more
Elvis Mitchell, New York Times: It's hard to remember so unapologetically flamboyant a movie. Read more
Bob Longino, Atlanta Journal-Constitution: What really clicks are some of the stars. Read more
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: The current version tries awfully hard but with little success to create a Shaft for this day and age. Read more
Louis B. Parks, Houston Chronicle: It's fun and a good deal better than the fondly remembered original. Read more
Steven Rosen, Denver Post: Unlike other summer movies, the action here mostly is as real and rugged as bullets and fists. Read more
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: If nothing else, Shaft is spicy fast food. Read more
Peter Rainer, New York Magazine/Vulture: Read more
James Berardinelli, ReelViews: Singleton shows enough in Shaft to indicate he can make this kind of motion picture. Read more
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: Is this a good movie? Not exactly; too much of it is on automatic pilot, as it must be, to satisfy the fans of the original Shaft. Read more
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: The surprise is that the movie doesn't just rely on Jackson. Shaft has everything. Read more
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune: Read more
Robert Koehler, Variety: Few stars of late have displayed more sheer joy in a mainstream project than Jackson does here. Read more
J. Hoberman, Village Voice: Read more