Shaft

2000 · Directed by John Singleton

New York police detective John Shaft arrests Walter Wade Jr. for a racially motivated slaying. But the only eyewitness disappears, and Wade jumps bail for Switzerland. Two years later Wade returns to face trial, confident his money and influence will get him acquitted -- especially since he's paid a drug kingpin to kill the witness.

action crime thriller

Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Christian Bale, Toni Collette, Elizabeth Banks, Dan Hedaya, Vanessa Williams, Jeffrey Wright, Isaac Hayes, Deirdre Lovejoy, Sonja Sohn

Rating: 5.96/10 from 1,061 votes