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.
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So Cutty was running the drugs. Gordito was selling them. And Bennie was laundering the money. Excuse me... I'm sorry. Do y'all want some mints? Charge your cell phone? Y'all need some music... No, thank you. We're good. All right, if you need something, you just let me know. - I got it all right here for you, okay? - Okay. So, I figure Dominguez was using Cutty as a pawn, to get in the gang with Bennie and Gordito. Did you say "Gordito"? Ain't that like a big burrito or something? Say what? Shit is good. When the other Brothers found out, then Cutty tried to just cut him in, but Karim wouldn't go for it. Hey, speaking of the Kareems, why come y'all think it is that Jabbar don't get the credit he deserves? He scored more points than Jordan, - LeBron... - Babycakes. - Mm? - In case you ain't noticed, we're trying to work some shit out back here, all right? You just having a conversation out loud, so I thought I could be in it. My bad. Now, that still don't explain the mosque. Well, maybe when Karim didn't take the money, they tried to just make him happy by having Bennie forward his amount to the cleric. Right. That way, the cleric wouldn't know the money was dirty. Yeah, but I don't think that Karim could live with knowing the truth, and Cutty couldn't have any loose ends, so their only option...
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Oh, you talking to me now? I don't actually need to know. You just need to put it into the app. Put it in the what? Yeah, I'll take care of it. How come I couldn't just tell her where we're going? No doorbell? He don't believe in those. - Just bang on the door on your left. - Okay. You know, on second thought, fuck it.
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