'SuperFly' is a flashy, violent and fitfully compelling remake of the 1972 blaxploitation hit
by Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times
Jun 14, 2018
4 minutes
"I know it's a rotten game, but it's the only one the Man left us to play."
With those words, spoken by one weary drug dealer to another, the 1972 film "Super Fly" offered up a soulful lament to go with its moody style, fabulous clothes and immortal Curtis Mayfield soundtrack.
Directed by Gordon Parks Jr., whose father had helped usher in the blaxploitation era by directing "Shaft" the year before, the movie told the sad, biting story of Youngblood Priest (Ron O'Neal), a Harlem cocaine dealer looking to pull off one last big score and get out of the game for good -
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