Superfly

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Audience Member Considering its budget, the production is outstanding. One of the "stars" of the film that's not given proper billing is the Eldo "pimpmobile." Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 06/23/24 Full Review David K One of the most iconic films of early 70's American cinema. The Curtis Mayfield music is outstanding and helps keep the film moving. Although criticized for its stereotypical blacks of urban environments, it's place is solidified in film history because it was part of a new movement in Black film - known primarily as Blaxploitation but perhaps ore accurately described as Soul Cinema. Well worth the time invested. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 05/05/23 Full Review Michael W This crime classic was great. Ron O'Neal, Carl Lee, Julian Harris, Sheila Frazier, and the rest of the cast did a great job in this movie. The plot of the movie was thrilling and dramatic. It's about wanting to get out of a rough life to make a new one at all costs. If you haven't seen this classic movie yet, check it out sometime. It's worth watching. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/24/23 Full Review William L Though the minds behind the film would claim that this blaxploitation classic was intended to be just as much an indictment of the lifestyle of a pusher as it was a criticism of the corruption and social inequality that forced people into it, the unexpected reality was that Super Fly's sense of style actually managed to override its very direct messaging, directly inspiring a subsequent generation of gangsters. That's the power of a Curtis Mayfield soundtrack. Undeniably suffering from the practical production limitations of most of its genre contemporaries, Super Fly actually seems to be cut from more well-designed cloth, introducing a protagonist that preserves the cool factor but actually demonstrating that he can't use swagger alone to topple an entrenched system of greased palms (unlike the simpler racial revenge fantasy narrative in something like a Shaft or Dolemite). The narrative goes out of its way to contradict the image of the well-dressed pimp/drug runner as an ideal to aspire to, instead depicting him as simply another tool in a larger enterprise. The editing is dodgy, many of the supporting actors are bargain-bin, and the pacing is slow by today's standards, but think of those as more the lingering fingerprints of a black film industry that was just finding its footing. It's an important and influential film, just don't expect it to compare too favorably with socially-conscious crime thrillers that have a half century or more of technical and genre development to compete with, apart from a top-notch soundtrack that no studio today could hope to emulate. (3/5) Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 10/06/21 Full Review Audience Member https://youtu.be/iN3KsbnQZxU Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/17/23 Full Review david f I don't think it really had the excitement of the Pam Grier movies from around the same time. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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