Superfly

Music-video helmer Director X’s feature debut is a smart and sharp take on the 1972 original

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If you can forget about the movie’s general moral vacuousness, the extremely uneven digital photography and the slavish devotion to designer assault weapons...the screenplay by “Watchmen” scribe Alex Tse keeps the shifting alliances and power plays in clever circulation.

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Somewhere between ridiculously stylish and stylishly ridiculous lies "Superfly," a modern so-bad-it’s-kinda-good remake of the 1970s blaxploitation classic that offers as much close-up twerking as kung fu fighting.

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Director X’s remake of “SuperFly” makes the title adjective one word but generally sticks to the Fenty’s story.

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Here are some things that are legitimately superfly in “Superfly”: the vertical hairdo on fabulously named anti-hero Youngblood Priest (Trevor Jackson) and his vast collection of trenchcoats

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Slick flick is more capable than amazing.

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A remake of the 1972 blaxploitation classic trades in its drug-dealer-as-outlaw-capitalist mythology for a glossy, slammed-together genre flick.

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A New Superfly Gets By on Surface Pleasures—and Great Hair

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The roomier scenario of this remake has the potential to yield a decent thriller, but Superfly too often prioritizes showy sequences for dubious reasons.

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Atlanta may have dibs on Youngblood Priest this time, but even though the character is still fly in this reboot, it would be a stretch to regard him as truly superfly.

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Update of 1972 movie aims for 2018 relevance – and succeeds in becoming nothing but a weak 'Scarface' imitation

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It only hits its stride when its hedonistic images are paired with the stoned-out grooves of Future's original songs.

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Music-vid helmer Director X remakes the 1972 blaxploitation pic with Trevor Jackson in the lead.

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“SuperFly” Is Silly, Pandering, and Full of One-Note Fools

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