Review:

Shaft's Big Score! (1972)

overall review score: 4.2
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Shaft's Big Score! is a 1972 American blaxploitation action-crime film directed by Gordon Parks and starring Richard Roundtree as private detective John Shaft.

Key Features

  • Blaxploitation genre
  • Action-packed sequences
  • Richard Roundtree as John Shaft

Pros

  • Strong performance by Richard Roundtree
  • Exciting action sequences
  • Iconic representation of the blaxploitation genre

Cons

  • Some outdated stereotypes and cliches
  • Thin plot at times

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