I remember well that movie came out. That movie was able to transcend a lot of things at the time, but it also had a black actor playing an antihero in a way, but what was amazing is it had a lot of crossover interest in the audience all different types of people can go watch shaft and love the picture. It had some great character actors in it and it worked on a lot of levels.
Of course, the Isaac Hayes soundtrack probably contributed that movie working as much as anything
Richard Roundtree was a really good actor and he had a pretty good career but he’ll always be shaft . Bringing Samuel L Jackson into the picture never really worked.
bttt
What’s even worse is that Jackson starred in another remake like 17 years later.