Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

All that we are seeing on the screen is happening with real people, real action sequences in the background, forcing the eye to watch as if we were there.

"Priest" (Ron O'Neal) is a drug dealer who realizes that the dangers of his profession are bound to catch up to him and decides to retire. But first he wants to make one last "big score" before he does. So he talks to his partner "Eddie" (Carl Lee) and his mentor "Scatter" (Julius Harris) and they reluctantly agree to support him. However, after one slip of the tongue things begin to unravel very quickly for all three of them in one fashion or the other. Anyway, rather than reveal the rest of the plot and possibly ruin the film for those who haven't seen it, I will just say that this is possibly the best "blaxploitation" film ever made. As a matter of fact, in my opinion only "Shaft" can equal its stature within the genre. Be warned though that this film is certainly not for general audiences. Be that as it may it is still very interesting and all things considered I rate this movie as definitely above average.

Long "Maxi" coats and "Superfly" hats with platform shoes: yes, I was one who jumped into the fashion trend at the time. I hat a purple hat and coat and four-inch platforms after this film came out. I wish I had a picture. :-) This was a defining film that mightily affect a generation. The music of Curtis Mayfield made it even more enjoyable. It wasn't just a blaxploitation film, it was a good experience.Sure the fights were lame, the acting nothing to write home about, and even the sex scenes left a lot to be desired, but this was an important film. See it ass soon as you can.

Priest is a drug pusher and pimp on the rough streets of New York but he has come to realise that he is going to end his days either in jail or dead on the same streets that he came up on. For this reason he comes up with a four-month plan to make a million dollars and retire with cool half-mil each for him and his business partner. Priest sets out to purchase 30 kilos of high-grade cocaine and get it quickly distributed on the streets, make the money and get out. However getting his hands on that much weight is only his first problem in a business that generally doesn't "do" retirement plans.As everyone knows, studios will make anything for anyone as long as it will earn them money. Blaxploitation is the label given to the urban films of the 1970's that were marketed towards inner-city Afro-American audiences and Super Fly is one of the leading examples of the genre. Putting the label on it makes it seem cheap and like it is an exploitative film but, having seen Pirates of the Caribbean 3 and Spiderman 3 this summer, I am sorely aware that studios seeking to make money out of target audiences is all exploitation and often produces an inferior product, so quite why we have identified some of them by race I'm not sure.Anyway, with the wider awareness that the vast majority of films exist to make money, I sat to watch this without looking at it as a blaxploitation film so much as just a film. The first thing that strikes you is the sense of style and culture, which is key in the delivery of the film because god knows there is surprisingly little content in here. The fashion, the cars, the music, the lingo all make for a convincing world and perhaps this was sufficient for urban audiences who felt they had never been put on screen in a way they respected. However my concern was that the story was paper thin at times. Some scenes seem stretched in order to fill out time and even some specific shots appear to be lingering for the sake of it. Here and there the effect produces some style (best illustrated in the montage of stills played out at one point) but too often it just is unnecessary slack in the delivery.Without the material it is hard to really care about the characters; the "getting out with one last score" theme is nothing we have not seen a million times before and since but here I struggled to feel anything for Priest. He is not sympathetic enough to care about or intense enough to hate, nor does he really come across as much of a real person. O'Neal does what he can but mostly he is style rather than performance, which suits the film but doesn't do much else. The support cast is much the same with serviceable performances from Lee, McGregor and others (typically the women are sexual beings who exist to please the men – which perhaps shows how little this aspect of the genre has moved forward). The only real star is Curtis Mayfield's cool and funky soundtrack, which is the main tool used to fill out scenes.Worth seeing as part of education about the blaxploitation film genre but you mustn't come into it expecting it to be a good film outside of the limitations of that genre.

I was a young kid when this movie came out but, I remember how "cool" everyone thought he was.I too wanted to be a pimp and a player.Then I watched it a few years ago and realized how "cheesy" the movie looked.I mean don't get me wrong, I still enjoyed it but,...Anyway, it's worth adding to your collection if your a true movie fan.I would really recommend you get the sequel to this one too. Super Fly TNT.That one I can't really remember much about but, hey, if you're going to get one...why not both.This movie fits right in there with "The Mack","Shaft" (the original),"Come Back Charlston Blue", and my other "Black Movies of the 70's"So get out there and find them. And if you can find any of them, there great to just kick back with your friends and have a few good laughs while you compare the film style of the 70's to that of today's.