Son of Shaft
- Release Date
- June 14, 2019
- Director
- Tim Story
- Cast
- Samuel L. Jackson , Alexandra Shipp , Regina Hall , Avan Jogia , Lauren Velez , Matt Lauria
- Runtime
- 111
- Main Genre
- Crime
- Studio
- New Line
- Writers
- Kenya Barris , Alex Barnow , Ernest Tidyman
- Tagline
- More Shaft Than You Can Handle
Summary
JJ, aka John Shaft Jr., may be a cyber security expert with a degree from MIT, but to uncover the truth behind his best friend’s untimely death, he needs an education only his dad can provide. Absent throughout JJ’s youth, the legendary locked-and-loaded John Shaft agrees to help his progeny navigate Harlem’s heroin-infested underbelly.
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