After a high profile case puts him in the headlines, private detective
John Shaft is looking for something low profile and easy that will keep
him out of the spotlight, out of danger. Shaft takes a missing person
case that proves to be more difficult than he initially thought. At the
same time, he is hired to be a consultant on a low budget film that may
or may not be based on his life, and proves to be as dangerous as any
job he's ever had. But when there's danger all about, John Shaft is the
cat that won't cop out - even if it means squaring off against sadistic
gangsters that want him dead.