A cyber security expert navigates Harlem's gritty underbelly with his legendary, estranged father.
Pulpy and darkly comic, with dry wit. A party watch at a brisk pace. Emotionally it carries some weight.
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Nothing past what an R promises: moderate sex and nudity, and strong violence.
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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.
It leaves things open rather than tying them up.
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