De harde, maar coole detective John Shaft arresteert de racistische Walter Wade Jr. na een uit de hand gelopen ruzie. Maar Wade weet met gemak weer vrij te komen door de invloed en het geld van zijn rijke vader en door het feit dat de enige ooggetuige spoorloos verdwenen is. Als Wade twee jaar later opnieuw wordt opgepakt, zet Shaft alles op alles om die ene ooggetuige te vinden en Wade voorgoed achter de tralies te zetten.
| Directing | John Singleton | Director |
| Production | Scott Rudin | Producer |
| Production | Mark Roybal | Producer |
| Sound | David Arnold | Original Music Composer |
| Production | John Singleton | Producer |
| Art | Patrizia von Brandenstein | Production Design |
| Camera | Donald E. Thorin | Director of Photography |
| Production | Ilene Starger | Casting |
| Editing | Antonia Van Drimmelen | Editor |
| Production | Paul Hall | Executive Producer |
| Editing | John Bloom | Editor |
| Sound | Isaac Hayes | Original Music Composer |
| Crew | Rose Sias | Stunts |
| Crew | Nick Gillard | Stunt Coordinator |
| Crew | Angela Meryl | Stunt Double |
| Crew | Amy Yanagisawa | Stunts |
| Crew | Jodi Michelle Pynn | Stunts |
| Writing | John Singleton | Screenplay |
| Writing | Shane Salerno | Story |
| Writing | Ernest Tidyman | Novel |
| Writing | Richard Price | Screenplay |
| Writing | Shane Salerno | Screenplay |
| Writing | John Singleton | Story |
| Editing | Al Rodgers | Editor |
| Directing | Mikayla Abromowitz | Script Supervisor |
| Directing | Nick Gillard | Second Unit Director |
| Art | Dennis Bradford | Art Direction |
| Production | Joseph E. Iberti | Unit Production Manager |
| Production | Eric Steel | Co-Producer |
| Crew | Andrew Zolot | Post Production Supervisor |
| Production | David F. Bianculli | Production Assistant |
| Production | Liza Bigger | Production Assistant |
| Editing | Terel Gibson | Assistant Editor |
| Production | Ramona Diaz Sanchez | Production Supervisor |
| Directing | Bac DeLorme | Second Second Assistant Director |
| Production | Rosada Yarela | Trainee Production Coordinator |
| Production | Steve Nicolaides | Executive Producer |
| Directing | Eric Yellin | Second Second Assistant Director |
| Art | George DeTitta Jr. | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Don Kozma | Makeup Artist |
| Directing | Julie A. Bloom | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Vebe Borge | First Assistant Director |
| Production | Adam Schroeder | Executive Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ruth E. Carter | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Christine Leiter | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Rosadel Varela | Trainee Production Coordinator |
| Crew | Steve Kirshoff | Special Effects Coordinator |
| Visual Effects | Gray Miller | Animation |
| Directing | Naomi Cromwell | Second Second Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Allan A. Apone | Makeup Artist |
| Directing | Bruce Franklin | First Assistant Director |
| Crew | Jalil Jay Lynch | Stunts |
