Shaft is a 2019 American action comedy film directed by Tim Story and written by Kenya Barris and Alex Barnow.

The film stars Samuel L. Jackson, Jessie T. Usher, Regina Hall, and Richard Roundtree.

JJ's childhood friend and ex-United States Army soldier Karim appears to die of a heroin overdose, but doctor and love interest Sasha concludes he was murdered.

Despite resumed tensions between the two, it is also revealed that Maya and John, after the divorce, had agreed that the latter would keep an eye on their son when he moved to New York.

Avan Jogia portrays Karim Hassan, JJ's male best friend, a recovering addict helping fellow returning soldiers.

In addition, Cutworth's criminal partners at the rehab center are played by Robbie Jones as Sergeant Keith Williams, and Aaron Dominguez as Staff Sergeant Eddie Dominguez (Bennie's cousin), with Leland Jones appearing as Maya's date Ron, while Baby and Sugar, JJ's new friends at the club, are played by Chivonne Michelle and Tashiana Washington, respectively.

[8] On July 28, 2015, it was reported that Kenya Barris and Alex Barnow would write the script for the new film, which would also be produced by Ira Napoliello,[9] and on January 20, 2017, the studio hired Tim Story to direct.

[12] Shaft was released alongside Men in Black: International, as well as the wider expansion of Late Night in the United States and Canada, and was initially projected to gross $17–20 million from 2,950 theaters in its opening weekend.

The website's critical consensus reads: "Decades removed from the original, this multi-generational Shaft struggles to keep its characters interesting -- or anything other than uncomfortably outdated.

Club, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky gave the film a C, writing, "With its groaner jokes and TV-pilot production values, the new film makes the last attempt at updating the character to contemporary action-hero tastes (in 2000's Shaft, directed by John Singleton) look downright old-school.