Super Fly is billed as the first and "baddest" of the blaxsploitation era films. Personally I felt it was Super-ok-at-best.Super Fly is about Priest, a young drug dealer who decides to go for one big score and then get out of the game and retire. Of course things don't go to plan and the cops are on his tail and so the real game begins.
Priest doesn't want to get out of the game because of moral conflicts however. Nope. He just doesn't want to go to jail. Because of this I had trouble feeling sorry for the guy and thus the conflicts were met with a lukewarm response. There is little action in the film and the plot is terribly slow. The direction is amateurish as well as the acting. The sound track by Curtis Mayfield is great, however and seems too impressive for such a poorly constructed film.
In the end the film has not held up very well over time, though given its historical significance I can't write it off completely. If you're looking for a great blaxsploitation flick, look elsewhere.
Gore - none
Nudity - none
Overall - 5/10
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