Shaft
2000 · 99 min · Director: John Singleton
Show plot summary (may contain spoilers)
New York Police Detective John Shaft is the lead detective on a sensitive case, a young black man is severely beaten. The man's companions tell Shaft that their friend humiliated the one who was spouting racial slurs at him. Shaft confronts him and he says he's Walter Wade Jr. , the son of a wealthy man. Shaft finds that he has the ID of a woman who's a waitress at the bar where Wade and the guy who was attacked were. When Wade continues to hurl racist comments, Shaft smacks him. Shaft later learns because of his actions Wade was granted bail and fled. Two years later, Wade returns and Shaft arrests him. At his hearing when the judge grants him bail, that's when Shaft throws his badge at the judge. He then sets out to get Wade by finding the waitress. Wade in the meantime asks a drug dealer named Peoples Hernandez to find the waitress and make sure she doesn't talk.
Emotional fingerprint
Shaft (2000) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Excitement 30%, Anger 25%, Tension 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure
- Excitement30%
- Anger25%
- Tension20%
- Satisfaction15%
- Empathy10%
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Why it feels this way
The strongest emotional signals are Excitement, Anger, Tension. Genres: Thriller, Crime, Action. AI estimate.
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Consider this title if you are looking for Excitement, Anger and Tension. Its IMDb rating of 6.0/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 61/100.
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Emotional journey
- Tension
- Fear
- Curiosity
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No dominant emotion
Dominant emotion: Tension
Dominant emotion: Humor
Dominant emotion: Sadness
Dominant emotion
| % | Approximate minute | Dominant emotion | Overall intensity | Tension | Fear | Curiosity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5 % | ≈ 2′ | Tension | 57 % | 55 % | 25 % | 43 % |
| 7.5 % | ≈ 7′ | Tension | 59 % | 54 % | 26 % | 39 % |
| 12.5 % | ≈ 12′ | Tension | 63 % | 56 % | 33 % | 30 % |
| 17.5 % | ≈ 17′ | Tension | 60 % | 56 % | 33 % | 25 % |
| 22.5 % | ≈ 22′ | Humor | 50 % | 41 % | 18 % | 24 % |
| 27.5 % | ≈ 27′ | Humor | 48 % | 29 % | 6 % | 21 % |
| 32.5 % | ≈ 32′ | Humor | 51 % | 34 % | 8 % | 28 % |
| 37.5 % | ≈ 37′ | Tension | 55 % | 48 % | 18 % | 36 % |
| 42.5 % | ≈ 42′ | Tension | 54 % | 53 % | 24 % | 35 % |
| 47.5 % | ≈ 47′ | Tension | 51 % | 51 % | 24 % | 35 % |
| 52.5 % | ≈ 52′ | Tension | 59 % | 59 % | 34 % | 38 % |
| 57.5 % | ≈ 57′ | Tension | 60 % | 58 % | 36 % | 36 % |
| 62.5 % | ≈ 62′ | Humor | 57 % | 53 % | 31 % | 35 % |
| 67.5 % | ≈ 67′ | Tension | 65 % | 63 % | 39 % | 32 % |
| 72.5 % | ≈ 72′ | Tension | 69 % | 64 % | 41 % | 31 % |
| 77.5 % | ≈ 77′ | Sadness | 69 % | 59 % | 40 % | 33 % |
| 82.5 % | ≈ 82′ | Tension | 74 % | 69 % | 50 % | 29 % |
| 87.5 % | ≈ 87′ | Tension | 76 % | 75 % | 54 % | 26 % |
| 92.5 % | ≈ 92′ | Tension | 68 % | 51 % | 34 % | 23 % |
| 97.5 % | ≈ 97′ | Humor | 58 % | 20 % | 12 % | 13 % |
Cinderella
Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.
Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.
Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.
Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.
Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.
Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.
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Cast
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Frank Palmieri
Details
- Directed by
- John Singleton
- Written by
- Richard Price, John Singleton, Ernest Tidyman, Shane Salerno
- Type
- Movies
- Released
- 2000
- Runtime
- 99 min
- Country
- United States, Germany
- Ratings
- Feels mostly
- Excitement
- Data updated
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