Shaft
Year: 1971
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Studio: Shaft Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Director: Gordon Parks
Cast: Richard Roundtree, Moses Gunn, Charles Cioffi, Christopher St. John, Gwenn Mitchell, Lawrence Pressman
Crew: Ernest Tidyman (Screenplay), Joel Freeman (Producer), Urs Furrer (Director of Photography), J.J. Johnson (Original Music Composer), Stirling Silliphant (Executive Producer), Gordon Parks (Director)
Runtime: 100 minutes
Release: Jun 25, 1971
IMDb: 6.40/10 by 371 users
Popularity: 4
Country: United States of America
Language: English
Budget: 1,125,000
Revenue: 12,121,618

Richard Roundtree was great and Shaft as a character was absolutely amazing, everything else from the plot which was thin and performances by the supporting cast was a bit iffy. The pacing was also pretty slow and despite only being 100 minutes, felt a bit longer. Still, a good opening into the franchise. **3.5/5**