Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Brutal
- slick
- cynical
- kinetic
- late night action viewing
- crime movie marathon
What critics said
Critics broadly found the remake stylish and competently staged, with exciting action and visual polish weakened by thin social subtext and a hermetic crime narrative.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The Atlanta drug world, nightclubs, cars, and action sequences are presented with a sleek, polished aesthetic associated with Director X.
Priest decides to exit the cocaine trade and stakes his future on one final score involving the cartel.
The film reworks the 1972 blaxploitation crime story Super Fly through contemporary Atlanta, hip hop culture, and polished action filmmaking.
The plot includes corrupt police, cartel power, criminal mentorship, arrests, and competing drug networks.
Films like SuperFly, and why
Super Fly
shared blaxploitation lineage, crime action, drug-trade stakes, and stylish urban atmosphere
New Jack City
shared crime thriller structure, charismatic criminal protagonist, nightclub world, and slick urban action
Scarface
shared drug-dealer protagonist, criminal power struggles, corruption, and morally compromised ambition
Paid in Full
shared contemporary urban crime setting, kinetic style, criminal enterprise, and escalating betrayal
Movie Details
- Director
- Director X.
- Release Date
- 2018-06-13
- Runtime
- 107 min
- Rating
- 6.7 / 10 (411)
Cast
- Trevor Jackson
- Jason Mitchell
- Michael Kenneth Williams
- Lex Scott Davis
- Jennifer Morrison
- Kaalan Rashad Walker
- Esai Morales
- Andrea Londo
- Big Bank Black
- Big Boi
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Starz Apple TV channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Plex
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is SuperFly about?
- A stylish Atlanta cocaine dealer attempts one final cartel-fueled score to escape the criminal empire he built.
- What is SuperFly like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of SuperFly as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is SuperFly violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in SuperFly as brutal.
- What did critics think of SuperFly?
- Critics broadly found the remake stylish and competently staged, with exciting action and visual polish weakened by thin social subtext and a hermetic crime narrative.
- Which films are like SuperFly?
- Films with a similar feel include Super Fly, New Jack City, Scarface, and Paid in Full.
- How long is SuperFly?
- SuperFly runs 107 minutes.
- Where can I watch SuperFly?
- In United States, SuperFly streams on Starz Apple TV channel.
