Being a MASCULINE MAN is not necessarily attributed to just one characteristic over another.
Having said that, the REMAKE of Shaft was cool, because Samuel L. is ALWAYS the man. He is the quintessential bad ass mofo. Hell, you should see that movie just to watch the bravura performance of Jeffrey Wright as "PEOPLES". If anybody OTHER than Sam would have played the lead role, THAT guy would have stolen the whole movie!
But if you really want to see how it's done, PLEASE check out the original one.
It's got all the cool ass leather clothes, tough-ass talk, MORE women for the main character to DJ, some really good AMOGing scenes, an action-packed, violent ending, and my man Richard Roundtree is the COOLEST, dude on the planet in that movie.
So check out the orignal SHAFT. It's a movie that inspired a WHOLE new generation to rethink what the modern, cutting-edge, P.I. movie could be.