Doomtomylo
a film so unique, intoxicating and bizarre that it not only demands another viewing, but is also forgivable as a satirical comedy where the jokes eventually take the back seat.
Kien Navarro
Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.
Hattie
I didn’t really have many expectations going into the movie (good or bad), but I actually really enjoyed it. I really liked the characters and the banter between them.
Prismark10
Super Fly is a low budget seminal blaxploitation film. It is also rather amateurish and uneven. The movie is helped by a funky soundtrack from Curtis Mayfield as well as a virile and swaggering performance from Ron O'Neal.O'Neal plays Youngblood Priest, decked out like a pimp and drives a fancy cadillac but he does not seem to get stopped by the police too much. Priest is a cocaine dealer, he wears a crucifix which he uses to snort some coke for himself.Priest is smart enough to know that the time has come to get out but this is not an industry you can leave easily. He plans to make one big coke deal and run away with the money for good. However getting out is not so easy when the police are hot on your trail.The film is grittily shot in the streets of Harlem. The cops are crooked and Priest just wants to survive, luckily he has a plan. He is no hero, he cares only for himself but he is clever and ruthless. When one man cannot pay for the drugs, he tells him point blank to go out and deal or send his wife out to whore row.
Ed-Shullivan
I always enjoyed the 1970's era of crime/action films such as Shaft, Slaughter, Enter the Dragon, and Serpico. Action star Ron O'Neal plays an up and coming drug pusher named Priest who decides he wants to make one more big score before retiring from the drug pushing business by purchasing then selling 30 pounds of pure heroin with his partner in crime, a guy called Eddie, payed by Carl Lee. Not impressive: I can appreciate the dress style in New York city in the 1970's was flashy and that the cars needed to be expensive, big and long. But seeing both drug pushers, Priest and Eddie in their combo suede and leather multi colored knee length coats, fedoras, and sunglasses , and driving their big flashy cadillacs with custom headlights did nothing to quell the general public's opinion of what black men aspired to be in the 1970's. This is what blaxpoitation desired to accomplish.Impressive: The musical score by Curtis Mayfield and his on screen presence singing one of the films songs was superb. The two women in the film who played Priest's lovers, namely actress Sheila Frazier who played Priest's every day girlfriend named Georgia, and Priest's girl Friday named Cynthia, were both easy on the eyes. Last but not least how Priest outsmarts the big drug lord was a decent approach which made this crime/action film worthy of watching more than once.I give Super Fly a decent 6 out of 10 rating.
Mr-Fusion
The big draw to "Super Fly" is Curtis Mayfield's case study in funk. A score like that, the sort that defines and threatens to hijack a movie, it doesn't come along everyday.. Which isn't saying the rest of the movie is bad. It's a one last drug score" story, played right down the middle. And it's not fair to the movie to say this has been done to death, but this was clearly more potent in its subject matter back in '72. It's worth seeing today, mostly for the gritty locations, brooding Ron O'Neal, and the bleak results of dead-end ghetto life.Really, it's that sweet music I can't get out of my head.6/10
MartinHafer
"It's all the man will give us" is the explanation why Priest (Super Fly) and his friends deal coke instead of work honest jobs. While it certainly is understandable having that attitude and antipathy towards White America and cops (particularly in 1972), this movie presents a very dangerous message to 70s Black America. The "get rich by dealing drugs" message is amazingly irresponsible and far different from other so-called "blaxploitation" films as COFFEY and FOXY BROWN, which had a very anti-drug message.Here, the protagonist is a rather unlikable drug pusher, but I could see how teens might be attracted to him and his lifestyle. Drugs, excitement and VERY hot ladies--in many ways Priest seems to have it all. When he wants to get out of the business, he feels this way NOT because of all the people he's hurting, but because he wisely understands he won't survive much longer. This selfish motivation definitely keeps him from being a hero--had he realized the harm he was doing, then this MIGHT have been an interesting character.Despite this ugly message and some occasionally weak film making (with too many music video montages and poor construction), the film has a certain gritty likability. I think most of this is due to the great atmosphere that is established by Curtis Mayfield's amazing score. It really fits the film and tells a story with its frank words. In fact, I don't think Ron O'Neal is the true star of the film but the ever-present but unseen Mayfield.By the way, this is a rather erotic film--with a semi-graphic but sexually charged love scene. This and the anti-hero message make this an exceptionally BAD film for kids!
