Shaft (2019)

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.

Genres: Action, Crime, Comedy, Mystery

What to watch after Shaft

• Formula 51 (2001) — Same feel: aggressive, boisterous
• Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard (2021) — Same feel: boisterous, fun
• Ride Along (2014) — Tim Story directed both
• The Blackening (2022) — Tim Story directed both
• Loaded Weapon 1 (1993)
• S.W.A.T. (2003) — Samuel L. Jackson appears in both