Synopsis
Career criminal Youngblood Priest wants out of the Atlanta drug scene, but as he ramps up sales, one little slip up threatens to bring the whole operation down before he can make his exit.
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Cast
- Trevor JacksonYoungblood Priest
- Jason MitchellEddie
- Michael Kenneth WilliamsScatter
- Lex Scott DavisGeorgia
- Jennifer MorrisonDetective Mason
- Kaalan Rashad WalkerJuju
- Esai MoralesAdalberto Gonzalez
- Andrea LondoCynthia
- Big Bank BlackQ
- Big BoiMayor Wendell Atkins
Recommendations
- 80
The Guardian
This high-gloss take on Gordon Parks Jr’s funky vision of the hustle goes so far into sheer, unabashed rap-video excess that calling it gratuitous would miss the point. Until it suddenly, brutally isn’t. - 75
Consequence
As was the case with the majority of blaxploitation films, the original Super Fly’s appeal wasn’t in its story so much as the ways in which it carved out an unapologetically black vision that served to capture a particular era in terms of its themes, music, and fashion. X has done that here, but he’s also crafted a crowd-pleasing summer blockbuster that will appeal to the modern filmgoer. - 70
TheWrap
Sure, young star Trevor Jackson (“Grown-ish,” “American Crime”) can’t fill O’Neal’s effortlessly dapper, achingly world-weary shoes, and few movie soundtracks can rival Curtis Mayfield’s legendary album for the first “Super Fly.” But this is a remake worthy of its original. - 70
Los Angeles Times
Superfly may be suffused with political fury, but it is also unapologetically awash in cheap, disreputable B-movie thrills. - 67
IndieWire
It works because the characters keep things anchored to some kind of dramatic reality. - 50
Variety
Shot in a functional, slammed-together manner that’s less sensually stylish than you’d expect from a music-video auteur, the film is a competent yet glossy and hermetic street-hustle drug thriller, less a new urban myth than a lavishly concocted episode. It holds your attention yet leaves you with nothing. - 50
The New York Times
The roomier scenario of this remake has the potential to yield a decent thriller, but Superfly too often prioritizes showy sequences for dubious reasons. - 50
San Francisco Chronicle
It lacks a moral center, and at times seems oblivious to the laughable things that are happening on screen. It’s also about 20 minutes too long. And yet SuperFly is entertaining, period. The dialogue is fast and fun, and the sense of fashion is so pervasive that it occasionally distracts from the movie.
