For politidetektiv John Shaft er dette nok en kveld i New Yorks slum, nok et skift med politi og kriminelle som ønsker ham død, og et juridisk system basert på penger, ikke rettferdighet.

Cool black private eye John Shaft is hired by a crime lord to find and retrieve his kidnapped daughter.

Detective John Shaft travels incognito to Ethiopia, then France, to bust a human trafficking ring.

John Shaft is back as the lady-loved black detective cop on the search for the murderer of a client.