Overview
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.
Cast
- Samuel L. Jackson as John Shaft
- Jessie T. Usher as JJ Shaft
- Regina Hall as Maya Babanikos
- Alexandra Shipp as Sasha Arias
- Richard Roundtree as John Shaft, Sr.
- Jordan Preston Carter as Young JJ
- Nyah Marie Johnson as Young Sasha
- Matt Lauria as Major Gary Cutworth
- Titus Welliver as Special Agent Vietti
- Method Man as Freddie P.