Superfly

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Superfly

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2018

1h 56m

Mystery & Thriller

Crime

Drama

Action

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Cocaine kingpin Youngblood Priest realizes that it's time to get out of the game after surviving a violent attack from a crazed rival. Hoping for one last score, Priest and his partner travel to Mexico to arrange a deal. The career criminal now finds himself trying to outmaneuver the cartel, two corrupt police officers and all the double-crossers that threaten his path to freedom.

Critics Consensus

Superfly updates the blaxploitation original with a stylish remake that's exciting and visually arresting enough to offer its own slickly staged action rewards, but disappointingly short on social subtext.

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Tara Brady

Irish Times

09/18/2018

2/5

The clothes are great. The cribs are well-appointed. The fight sequences, although too few, are nicely choreographed. Yet none of it seems to coalesce into a movie.

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Kevin Maher

The Times (UK)

09/14/2018

1/5

Director X...can't seem to differentiate between the strip-club aesthetics of a rap video and the demands of a full-length feature film.

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Linda Marric

HeyUGuys

09/13/2018

2/5

An unlikable misfire of a film, with only a few decent performances on hand to make it worth your while.

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M.N. Miller

Ready Steady Cut

08/16/2022

3.5/5

I’ll say this about X’s blaxploitation update-It’s a solid action film with a concise point of view.

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David Bax

Battleship Pretension

12/10/2020

SuperFly is a moderately flashy, mostly fun update of its 46 year old source material but also a reminder of how little has changed in that time.

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Steven Prokopy

Third Coast Review

06/15/2020

Director X knows how to make a film look impressive and beautifully composed, but he seems lost when it comes to working with actors. The ingredients for a much better film are all there on screen, but nothing quite hits the way it should.

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Tee

05/02/2025

Would see this over and over again 10/10

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La G.

@laaaa Aug 7

i love this movie honestly my favorite !

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Hailey T

@imallabouttheloveofitall Jun 14

Always been a fan of Trevor Jackson! Loved the soundtrack as well as the casting and film overall.

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Sami L

@RT48612256 Jun 8

Tree point pleasant

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Qiniso S

@RT94374698 06/23/2024

Not at all emotionally engaging, it's a distant movie that is predictable, the acting is mostly novice.

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dave e

@caseyeisenman 12/15/2023

I liked the film, it was a fun ride. The fight scenes were good and the story is about drug dealing and what happens in the end to most kingpins.

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Synopsis

Cocaine kingpin Youngblood Priest realizes that it's time to get out of the game after surviving a violent attack from a crazed rival. Hoping for one last score, Priest and his partner travel to Mexico to arrange a deal. The career criminal now finds himself trying to outmaneuver the cartel, two corrupt police officers and all the double-crossers that threaten his path to freedom.

Director: Director X.
Producer: Joel Silver, Future
Screenwriter: Alex Tse
Distributor: Sony Pictures Entertainment, Columbia Pictures
Production Co: Silver Pictures, Columbia Pictures
Rating: R (Language Throughout|Drug Content|Nudity|Strong Sexuality|Violence)
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama, Action
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 13, 2018, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 28, 2018
Box Office (Gross USA): $20.5M
Runtime: 1h 56m
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)