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Super Fly

Never a dude like this one! He's got a plan to stick it to The Man!

1972 · 1h 31m · R Action, Crime, Drama
Directed by Gordon Parks Jr.

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Overview

Priest, a suave top-rung New York City drug dealer, decides that he wants to get out of his dangerous trade. Working with his reluctant friend, Eddie, Priest devises a scheme that will allow him to make a big deal and then retire. When a desperate street dealer informs the police of Priest's activities, Priest is forced into an uncomfortable arrangement with corrupt narcotics officers. Setting his plan in motion, he aims to both leave the business and stick it to the man.

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93%
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Fresh

One of the most successful of the early '70s blaxploitation cycle.

Geoff Andrew, Time Out
Fresh

A very good movie.

Roger Greenspun, New York Times
Fresh

Super Fly, one of the most significant blaxploitation films ever made, is as fascinatingly entertaining as it is ethically wrongheaded.

Douglas Pratt, Hollywood Reporter
Fresh

Gordon Parks Jr. was one of the greatest casualties of the collapse of blaxploitation cinema, a director with a distinctive, tightly packed visual style nd a remarkably bitter vision for this supposedly escapist genre.

Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader

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