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Super Fly

1972 · 91 min

A cool, gritty crime drama with a funky soul soundtrack, offering a tense and stylish look at street life and the struggle to escape it.

Directed by
Gordon Parks Jr.
Genres
Crime, Drama, Thriller
Tagline
Never a dude like this one! He's got a plan to stick it to The Man!
Overview
Priest, a New York City drug kingpin, devises a scheme to get out of the business and retire with a big payday, but his plans are complicated when a street dealer rats him out to the police.

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Directed by
Gordon Parks Jr.
Genres
Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • crime
  • power
  • corruption
  • ambition
  • betrayal
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror1
Humour2
Realism7
Romance3
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Super Fly Trilogy

  1. Super FlyMovie · 1972 This title
  2. Super Fly T.N.T.Movie · 1973
  3. The Return of SuperflyMovie · 1990

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