Shaft
Shaft is a 2019 American action comedy film directed by Tim Story and written by Kenya Barris and Alex Barnow. The film stars Samuel L. Jackson, Jessie T. Usher, Regina Hall, and Richard Roundtree. It is the fifth film in the Shaft series, a sequel to the 2000 film with the same title and was also Roundtree's final portrayal of the original eponymous character John Shaft Sr. before his death in 2023. The film was released theatrically in the United States on June 14, 2019, by Warner Bros. Pictures, and digitally in global markets on June 28, 2019, by Netflix. It received mixed reviews from critics and underperformed at the box office.
You're a 60 year old man, and it's a Tuesday. Rule number one. Any woman that dresses up to comes out on a Tuesday night, is my kind of woman. How you think I met your mom? Okay, that's that's enough with the rules. You know what? I'm out of here. Excuse me, gentlemen. These are courtesy of those two ladies.
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Who-ho! Rule number two. Never turn down free drinks from a beautiful lady. Hey, Shaft! Looking good. Yeah, when are you gonna let us give you the two-for-one special? Mm? Who's your friend? Oh, ladies. This is my son, Junior. - Oh, my God, you have a son? - Look, I always get y'all mixed up. - Baby. - And Sugar. - Sugar! - Come here. Oh, okay. Come on, now. Wait, those can't be your real names. I bet there is nothing junior about this Shaft.
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Now, that rat motherfucker is about to stick his head up out his hole, and I'm gonna whack-a-mole the shit out of him. I need you to get some info on this dude for me. Name, Eddie Dominguez. Army vet. Think he's involved with Gordito, works over at Brothers Watching Brothers. That's a terrible motherfucking name. Yeah, they need to change that shit. I'll see what I can do. So, you're saying that with an associate's degree, I can then apply for night classes? Mm-hmm. - And get my bachelor's? - Absolutely, yes.
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Yeah, you might wanna hurry. - Get your hands off me! - Oh, shit! The fuck you doing over here with him? Who fucking told you to come to the club? What the fuck you got on? Whoa, whoa, hold on there, partner. You don't want none of this. No, no, no, I got it. Trust me. He's just upset 'cause he's wearing silk. Get your hands off me, motherfucker!
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