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  1. Superfly is a 2018 American action crime thriller film and a remake of the 1972 blaxploitation film Super Fly. The film was directed by Director X , written by Alex Tse and stars Trevor Jackson , Jason Mitchell , Michael K. Williams , Lex Scott Davis , and Jennifer Morrison .

  2. Sep 18, 2018 · Superfly might be a standard crime story from a plot standpoint, but it stands out as a super-stylized action picture. The real head-scratcher here is why so many critics are pegging this film as an almost 2-hour music video. Sure, there are scenes with music, artificial action, and the director’s history is in that medium.

  3. Aug 4, 2022 · Super Fly eventually spawned two half-hearted sequels and a 2018 remake film. Many of those involved in making the original movie, including Ron O’Neal, Sig Shore and Gordon Parks Jr., have died, but the film’s influence lives on in hip-hop culture and pop life. Fenty offers a simple explanation for its pop culture longevity.

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  4. Jun 12, 2018 · It borrows plenty from Gordon Parks Jr.’s 1972 blaxploitation classic Super Fly, from the names and archetypes of its core characters to its tale of a coke dealer, Priest (Trevor Jackson), whose plan to ditch the business after one final score is muddied by friends, foes, and some dirty-ass cops. But where the original presented a gritty, often bleak portrait of societal and institutional ...

  5. Jun 15, 2018 · “Superfly” (one word) the remake and the original “Super Fly” (two words, from 1972) are in many respects similar. Both movies tell the story of Youngblood Priest, a coke dealer looking to ...

  6. Jun 12, 2018 · Jackson, sporting an upswept shock of straightened hair, plays Priest, a coke dealer whose success depends on knowing his rivals’ secrets. In a hard-to-swallow introductory scene, we watch him ...

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  8. Jun 12, 2018 · For the record: 12:35 p.m. June 13, 2018 An earlier version of this post said that “Superfly” was Director X’s (a.k.a. Julien Christian Lutz) feature debut. He directed a 2015 feature called ...

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