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.
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.
Isaach de Bankolé
as Pierro 'Gordito' Carrera
Avan Jogia
as Karim Hassan
