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All hustle. No Shame. Don’t miss #Superfly only in theaters June 15, including a soundtrack from Future.
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Jun 12, 2018 · That’s what makes him Superfly. Grade: B-“Superfly” opens in theaters on June 13th. Sign Up: Stay on top of the latest breaking film and TV news! Sign up for our Email Newsletters here.
A new era is about to redefine the hustle. #SUPERFLY directed by Director X with original soundtrack produced by Future in theaters this summer.
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- Superfly Movie
SuperFly: Directed by Director X. With Trevor Jackson, Jason Mitchell, Michael Kenneth Williams, Lex Scott Davis. With retirement on his mind, a successful Atlanta-based drug dealer sets up one last big job while dealing with trigger-happy colleagues and the police.
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- Action, Crime, Thriller
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- 2018-06-13
- There's Hollywood History Around The Original 'Super Fly'
- The New Movie Is Rooted in The Original
- The Setting and The Story Have Notable Updates
- 2018 Issues Resonate in The New Movie
- The Comparisons Basically Stop There
The new film, reimagined by Director X, has similar beats as the original "Super Fly." That film was deemed blaxploitation, a term coined to describe a slew of 1970s films that made African-Americans protagonists of their own stories, but explicitly aimed for urban audiences with plots steeped in crime, violence and casual sex. The genre is seeing ...
Like its predecessor, "Superfly" boasts a stellar soundtrack, this time manned by Atlanta-born rapper Future, who is also one of the movie's producers. (Fans will immediately note the use onscreen of the original movie's infamous "Pusherman" track.) In the remake, Trevor Jackson ("Grown-ish") takes over for Ron O’Neal as Priest, the morally centere...
No longer set in Harlem, "Superfly" moves to the streets of Atlanta, folding in contemporary culture and the socioeconomic challenges the African-American community continues to face. Priest now has more money and more problems: He's beefing with a local gang called Snow Patrol while getting in too deep with his supplier across the border. 1972's C...
The original "Super Fly"folded in elements of the Black Panther movement, casting its lens on the poverty-stricken streets of Harlem, where dealing drugs was one of the few options for upward mobility. In Director X’s version, police brutality and Black Lives Matter are threaded into the story, with audiences exposed to Atlanta police shooting a bl...
Though the original "Super Fly" was heralded for its stylish composition and powerful social commentary, the new "Superfly" is aiming for a more commercial reception. Director X, known for directing music videos for Rihanna, Kendrick Lamar and Drake, has called his film a hip-hop remix of the original. “It’s a black action movie,” he told Vulture. ...
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Jun 13, 2018 · SuperFly is currently out in theaters. Make sure to check it out on the big screen, and you can also head over to CinemaBlend's 2018 movie premiere guide to keep yourself in-the-loop on...
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