![]() The "get rich by dealing drugs" message is amazingly irresponsible and far different from other so-called "blaxploitation" films as COFFEY and FOXY BROWN, which had a very anti-drug message. While it certainly is understandable having that attitude and antipathy towards White America and cops (particularly in 1972), this movie presents a very dangerous message to 70s Black America. ![]() "It's all the man will give us" is the explanation why Priest (Super Fly) and his friends deal coke instead of work honest jobs. Reviewed by MartinHafer 6 / 10 Despite a HORRIBLE message, a pretty good film When one man cannot pay for the drugs, he tells him point blank to go out and deal or send his wife out to whore row. He is no hero, he cares only for himself but he is clever and ruthless. The cops are crooked and Priest just wants to survive, luckily he has a plan. ![]() The film is grittily shot in the streets of Harlem. However getting out is not so easy when the police are hot on your trail. He plans to make one big coke deal and run away with the money for good. Priest is smart enough to know that the time has come to get out but this is not an industry you can leave easily. Priest is a cocaine dealer, he wears a crucifix which he uses to snort some coke for himself. O'Neal plays Youngblood Priest, decked out like a pimp and drives a fancy cadillac but he does not seem to get stopped by the police too much. The movie is helped by a funky soundtrack from Curtis Mayfield as well as a virile and swaggering performance from Ron O'Neal. Super Fly is a low budget seminal blaxploitation film. ![]() Reviewed by Prismark10 5 / 10 Superfly guy, gonna take you higher ![]()
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