Overview

New York police detective John Shaft arrests Walter Wade Jr. for a racially motivated slaying. But the only eyewitness disappears, and Wade jumps bail for Switzerland. Two years later Wade returns to face trial, confident his money and influence will get him acquitted -- especially since he's paid a drug kingpin to kill the witness.

Cast

Samuel L. Jackson

John Shaft

Vanessa Williams

Carmen Vasquez

Jeffrey Wright

Peoples Hernandez

Christian Bale

Walter Wade, Jr.

Busta Rhymes

Rasaan

Dan Hedaya

Jack Roselli

Toni Collette

Diane Palmieri

Richard Roundtree

"Uncle" John Shaft

Ruben Santiago-Hudson

Jimmy Groves

Josef Sommer

Curt Flemming

Lynne Thigpen

Carla Howard

Philip Bosco

Walter Wade Senior