Samuel MFin L Jackson May be the baddest Motha F-er on the planet but as great as he is, he still can't wrestle off the lead actor Jessie T Usher's horrendous imprint on this film. The lead actors acting is so bad it made me nauseous every time he tries to spit out his lines. This Jessie T Usher kid makes me think that he must have some extremely famous parents that are paying a ton of money to put their son in a Hollywood movie like this. He's so naive because he's trying to act like Carleton, the fresh Prince and Steve Urcle all rolled into one while still trying to maintain his dignity. He's not funny though. Very few actors have ever been able to pull off being super silly, but at the same time have that "Don't mess with me" vibe at the same time and Jessie T Usher proves that his attempt at this completely destroys the rest of the movie. For one he doesn't have a funny bone in his body, but obviously thinks he's hilarious so all of his comedic moments leave you with that groaning feeling, and then when he beats up a guy twice his size it's just way less believable and couldn't help but roll my eyes over and over. He blinks non-stop in the middle of every important line. He's shaft Jr but he may have single handedly ruined this franchise for me. I'd be happy to sign a petition saying we do not want Jessie T Usher to ever get a lead role in a movie ever again for fear that if he ruins another franchise the movie industry as a whole may cancel other upcoming films. There is a lot more at stake here by letting Jessie T Usher ruin major films than we can accurately assess based off of the failure of this movie alone.
Review of Shaft
