The big draw to "Super Fly" is Curtis Mayfield's case study in funk. A score like that, the sort that defines and threatens to hijack a movie, it doesn't come along everyday.. Which isn't saying the rest of the movie is bad. It's a one last drug score" story, played right down the middle. And it's not fair to the movie to say this has been done to death, but this was clearly more potent in its subject matter back in '72. It's worth seeing today, mostly for the gritty locations, brooding Ron O'Neal, and the bleak results of dead-end ghetto life.
Really, it's that sweet music I can't get out of my head.
6/10
Really, it's that sweet music I can't get out of my head.
6/10