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With retirement on his mind, a successful Atlanta-based drug dealer sets up one last big job while dealing with trigger-happy colleagues and the police.With retirement on his mind, a successful Atlanta-based drug dealer sets up one last big job while dealing with trigger-happy colleagues and the police.With retirement on his mind, a successful Atlanta-based drug dealer sets up one last big job while dealing with trigger-happy colleagues and the police.
Kaalan Walker
- Juju
- (as Kaalan 'KR' Walker)
Big Boi
- Mayor Atkins
- (as Antwan 'Big Boi' Patton)
Brian F. Durkin
- Officer Turk Franklin
- (as Brian Durkin)
Dawntavia Marrero
- Monique
- (as Dawntavia Bullard)
Curtis Franklin
- Litty's Muscle
- (as Al Nuke)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe film was shot, edited and released in a five month period. Principal Photography started in January 2018 and concluded in March in 2018. Post Production took place during April and May in 2018 and the film was released on June 13, 2018.
- Quotes
Youngblood Priest: You ain't got shit. Literally. You're three months behind on your mortgage payments, and I don't care how many gangsters from Joyland you got with you. Ain't nobody more gangster than a bank.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Midnight Screenings: Superfly (2018)
- SoundtracksLet's Begin
Written by Jerome Kern and Otto A. Harbach (as Otto Harbach)
Featured review
Average remake of a Blaxploitation classic.
The original Super Fly is credited as being one of the original Blaxploitation movies along with Sweet Sweetback's Baadassssss Song and Shaft. All of which are considered essential movies in the genre.
This remake hits all the right notes and it updates it for today's audiences but it doesn't really bring anything new or noteworthy to the mix. It's stylish and honestly feels more like an extended music video in some parts. Now part of that could very well be because of the director and his background. But that's good for music videos and not for a feature length movie.
But the real issue is this movie has no real reason to exist. It's a remake that really is the same exact story as the original. I get why they wanted to make it but it doesn't bring anything really new to the mix.
As a stand alone movie it's just kinda okay. As a remake it's just a tepid retelling of a much better story.
This remake hits all the right notes and it updates it for today's audiences but it doesn't really bring anything new or noteworthy to the mix. It's stylish and honestly feels more like an extended music video in some parts. Now part of that could very well be because of the director and his background. But that's good for music videos and not for a feature length movie.
But the real issue is this movie has no real reason to exist. It's a remake that really is the same exact story as the original. I get why they wanted to make it but it doesn't bring anything really new to the mix.
As a stand alone movie it's just kinda okay. As a remake it's just a tepid retelling of a much better story.
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Box office
- Budget
- $16,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $20,545,116
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $6,870,740
- Jun 17, 2018
- Gross worldwide
- $20,780,685
- Runtime1 hour 56 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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