lightbeing-48261 Review of SuperFly

SuperFly (2018)

I wanted to hate this movie.... but found I was casually captivated!!!

[7/10 · 29 August 2018]

I cannot comment on the original, so perhaps I was able to be open minded. Superfly is not without faults and an over produced style, yet that adds to its quirky charm. It is a movie that allows its self to be ridiculed and there are elements of Black Dynamite in there, without being as extremely cheesy. One really needs to take out the idea of realism and suspend one's disbelief and enjoy the ride and its obvious cliches. Whilst being far from brilliant, it has its guilty pleasures. As a non white I did get a little kick from the a white male police officer getting a kicking from a black man. Although I beleive there is the likelihood of the vast majority of white male police being honourable and not racist, it's those rotten apples that get noticed as murdering black men and being protected by a corrupt system. With the murder of Priest's comrade I felt I couldn't empathise with the whole scenario, the comrade himself was a murderer and in reality a lowlife that got what he deserved, not to justify the the police officer that murdered him, but just saying... A lot felt preposterous, such as the flippant throwing of money in crowds, but I am British and what do I know of black american culture. As I said, you have to get passed some of the stupidity and enjoy some of its intelligence, even if the intelligence is surface level. Whilst I cannot see any awards for this movie, try not to take it too seriously and you may enjoy it. Some might see it as a polished turd and others may see it as an uncut diamond...