Advantages: Brilliant Story Disadvantages: Cheaply made and dated to nowadays
...the attitude of the superhero, Shaft is a private detective in total control of any situation. Cool, self-sufficient, hard, indomitable, and he is in the middle of two worlds. He collaborates with white policemen and also with black mafia, because white gangsters have kidnapped Bumpy's daughter. Bumpy, the leader of the majority of black crime in Harlem, looks for Shaft's help. Shaft feels comfortable and secure in the streets, dealing with his "brothers", ... ...man who owns a kiosk. Shaft is willing to help him by picking up his newspaper off the ground. He also illustrates a similar attitude with a small boy in the street, by giving him a dollar.
Shaft is portrayed from the first scene of the film as a powerful character. He confidently crosses the street in the middle of the traffic while the opening theme song is still playing. He crosses the street with assurance in front of three moving taxis. His ...
marvello 21.02.2006
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