One thing modern about the movie is its low sexual quotient. like "Gone in 60 Seconds" and "M:I2," this one prefers action to sex. |
Shaft borders on celibacy in this movie. Perhaps he was too busy trying to catch that bad guy. Or maybe after all those years of humpin' and pumpin', The Super Shaft is finally tired. But it's all good. We saw the action we wanted. It didn't happen in the bedroom, but it was exciting and satisfying all the same. We hope it's as good for you as it was for us. |
The most intriguing relationship in the movie is between Bale and Wright, as the rich kid and the drug dealer. |
Watching Bales' and Wright's characters is like watching a Shakespearean play, minus the tights and pig Latin English. Their conversations, although hard to understand because of Wright's character's intense accent, are quite thought-provoking. Yeah, who knew? |
But there's a disconnect between the realism of the murder case and the fantasy of Shaft's career as an unleashed vigilante who leaves countless dead bodies behind him. |
For someone who was avenging murder, Shaft committed quite a bit of his own. What's up with that?? |
The movie has the obligatory elements of black exploitation (big cars, drugs, cigars, guns, sleazy nightclubs, gold chains, racism, babes, black leather coats, expensive booze, crooked white cops). |
The 70's music!! Don't forget the 70's music!! There's quite a bit of it in the movie, you'll feel like you're watching a very violent version of "Saturday Night Fever"…all dancing aside. |
