Shaft in Africa

1973
R
1h 52m

IMDb RATING

5.9/10

3.3K

YOUR RATING

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Private investigator John Shaft is recruited to go undercover to break up a modern slavery ring where young Africans are lured to Paris to do chain-gang work.Private investigator John Shaft is recruited to go undercover to break up a modern slavery ring where young Africans are lured to Paris to do chain-gang work.Private investigator John Shaft is recruited to go undercover to break up a modern slavery ring where young Africans are lured to Paris to do chain-gang work.

Director
- John Guillermin
Writers
- Ernest Tidyman
- Stirling Silliphant
Stars

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IMDb RATING

5.9/10

3.3K

YOUR RATING

Director
- John Guillermin
Writers
- Ernest Tidyman
- Stirling Silliphant
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
May very well be the first known instance of the use of the word "clitoris" in a film released by a major studio.

Goofs
Shortly before he boards the ship for France, Shaft is involved in a fight in which his right hand is severely bitten by his opponent, drawing quite a bit of blood. Yet when he boards the ship, his right hand is completely wound free.

Quotes
Jazar: How long is your phallus, Mr. Shaft?
Shaft: My what?
Jazar: Your cock?
Shaft: Baby, by now it shrunk down to 20 inches.

Connections
Featured in Dusk to Dawn Drive-in Trash-o-Rama Show Vol. 4 (1997)

Soundtracks
Are You Man Enough
Sung by The Four Tops (as Four Tops)
Words and Music by Dennis Lambert and Brian Potter

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Review

Featured review

6/10

An unworthy sequel

Shaft assumes more of the Bond mantle in this film by going undercover to find out who is running the slave trade out of Africa into Europe. However, it really is too much of a stereotype to Shaft and takes away some of what makes him special.

Shaft, Richard Roundtree again, of course, belongs uptown across 110th street. That's his turf, and putting him in a robe with a stick is just too much.

This film just went too far, past where the imagination can stretch, in letting Shaft win. Yes, it was letting Shaft win, as he couldn't possibly have dodged all the attempts made on his life and still have energy to magically bed Vonetta McGee, and Yugoslavian Neda Arneric.

Having said that, there were some very good moments in the film, and it is still worth the time to see Roundtree in action.