Shaft (2000)

Plot Overview

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.

Top Cast & Characters

• Samuel L. Jackson
  as John Shaft
• Vanessa Williams
  as Carmen Vasquez
• Jeffrey Wright
  as Peoples Hernandez
• Christian Bale
  as Walter Wade, Jr.
• Busta Rhymes
  as Rasaan
• Dan Hedaya
  as Jack Roselli
• Toni Collette
  as Diane Palmieri
• Richard Roundtree
  as "Uncle" John Shaft