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By Christopher Llewellyn Reed (298) for Film Festival Today (161) on 12 Jun 2018

Did the world need this loose reconception of the original? Not really…

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By Katie Rife (451) for AV Club (2,778) on 12 Jun 2018

When the new SuperFly does show flashes of street-smart wit...its energy is infectious…

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By Julian Roman (454) for MovieWeb (460) on 12 Jun 2018

Superfly is a misogynistic, long-form rap music video that glorifies racial and ethnic stereotypes…

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By Radheyan Simonpillai (471) for NOW Toronto (1,621) on 11 Jun 2018

The new SuperFly makes obvious drive-by observations about racism today, somewhere between its Scarface drama and Fast And Furious resolutions…

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By Charles Bramesco (223) for The Guardian (2,969) on 11 Jun 2018

This high-gloss take on Gordon Parks Jr’s funky vision of the hustle goes so far into sheer, unabashed rap-video excess that calling it gratuitous…

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By Jake Coyle (526) for The Associated Press (882) on 11 Jun 2018

Jackson comfortably carries the film with a smooth panache, but his Priest — like the movie — doesn’t make much of an impression…

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By Glenn Kenny (1,728) for The New York Times (9,847) on 11 Jun 2018

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

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By Owen Gleiberman (3,271) for Variety (12,700) on 11 Jun 2018

Shot in a functional, slammed-together manner that’s less sensually stylish than you’d expect from a music-video auteur, the film is a…

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By John Defore (1,351) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 11 Jun 2018

Beyond the obvious complaints about objectification of women, this second feature from the Canadian who calls himself Director X is just a bore…

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By Mike Scott (1,178) for New Orleans Times-Picayune (573) on 11 Jun 2018

The new Superfly is, simply, a terrible movie. It is slick, and it boasts action, hot tunes and style to spare…

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By Jeandra Lebeauf (1) for Black Girl Nerds (256) on 11 Jun 2018

Is it a movie or a super-long music video…

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By Mark Dujsik (2,093) for Mark Reviews Movies (2,037) on 11 Jun 2018

It's one thing to update a movie for modern sensibilities. It's an entirely other thing to miss the point of what you're remaking…

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By Frank Swietek (3,473) for One Guy's Opinion (3,473) on 11 Jun 2018

A flashy but strangely flaccid remake of a movie that became iconic, despite (or perhaps because of) its grubbiness…

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By Joanna Langfield (398) for The Movie Minute (398) on 11 Jun 2018

This is not your grandfather's Superfly. For better and for worse…

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By Richard Roeper (2,737) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 11 Jun 2018

Superfly succeeds at it what it wants to be: an action-packed, sexy, violent, 21st century blaxploitation crime thriller with a stylish look,…

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By Justin Chang (1,535) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 11 Jun 2018

Superfly may be suffused with political fury, but it is also unapologetically awash in cheap, disreputable B-movie thrills…

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By Robert Kojder (605) for Flickering Myth (680) on 11 Jun 2018

For a film created by a music video director, there surprisingly isn't much flair or pop; it's about as dime-a-dozen a narrative about a criminal…

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By Michael Phillips (2,622) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 11 Jun 2018

If you can forget about the movie’s general moral vacuousness, the extremely uneven digital photography and the slavish devotion to designer…

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By Melissa Vincent (5) for Globe and Mail (2,419) on 11 Jun 2018

Employing the unapologetic pomp of rap videos and enough heart to transition stereotypical characters into complex, dynamic subjects, Superfly…

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By Rafer Guzman (1,080) for Newsday (2,345) on 11 Jun 2018

The nuance-free script, by Alex Tse, sometimes results in an unintentional laugh, but the film overall is more entertaining than not…

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