Who's the black private dick that's a sex machine to all the chicks? (Shaft!) You're damn right who is the man that would risk his neck for his brother man? (Shaft!) Can ya dig it? You see this cat Shaft is a bad mother-- (Shut your mouth) But I'm talkin' about Shaft (Then we can dig it) He's a complicated man but no one understands him but his woman (John Shaft) (Hayes, 2000).
Shaft was originally released in 1971 and became a significant hit, proving instrumental in opening the doors for other films such as "Superfly" and "The Mack" (Gleiberman, 2000). Shaft is famous for many things - the boom in blaxploitation films, the invention of badass black attitude and the ultimate rhythm and blues score (Briggs, 2003). With the original Shaft being such a success in the year 2000, John Singleton directed the updated version of the movie which he co wrote with Shane Slaerno and Richard Price. Shaft, directed by Singleton is not a remake of the original movie, but is in fact an update on the original movie. In a review for Entertainment Weekly Samuel L. Jackson is quoted saying, "This could be interesting, or it could be a