Shaft's Big Score (1972)

Original title

Shaft's Big Score!

Directed by

Gordon Parks

Genre

action film, blaxploitation film, neo-noir, crime film, mystery film, drama film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 45m

Rated

R

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 84 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Private detective John Shaft gets involved in a case that leads him into a world of crime and violence. He uses his wits and toughness to survive while investigating a mysterious death.

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What happens

Shaft's Big Score! is a 1972 American blaxploitation action-crime film starring Richard Roundtree as private detective John Shaft. It is the second entry in the Shaft franchise, with both director Gordon Parks and screenwriter Ernest Tidyman reprising their roles from the first film. Moses Gunn and Drew Bundini Brown also return from the previous film, alongside new appearances from acting veterans Joseph Mascolo, Julius Harris and Joe Santos. Composer Isaac Hayes turned down an offer to score the film (though he did contribute the song "Type Thang"), so Parks, also a musician, composed and performed the score himself. The film was produced on a budget of $1,978,000, over three times that of its predecessor. It received mixed reviews, with critics praising the improved production values and direction, but criticizing it as lacking the charm and appeal of the original. It was followed by Shaft in Africa one year later. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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