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

Khalil is an Arab diplomat who wants to not only make peace with Israel, but admit the Jewish state as a member of OPEC. This instantly makes him a target for a series of ingeniously conceived assassination attempts, most of which he foils with the aid of his friend Hamid and his girlfriend Nicole. But can he trust even them?

A Social Worker returns to the urban setting of his childhood with the hopes of making a difference, but must temper his altruism with the realities of the life he thought he left behind.