Sometimes sequels are just a terrible, terrible idea. Pretty much everything I adored about the first movie, including the AMAZING music, is missing from this film. It's hard to fault leading man/director Ron O'Neal for trying to capitalize on the success of Super Fly and attempting a "message" movie, but using Priest instead of a brand new character might have been a bad idea. (Interesting side note- this film was co-writen by Alex Haley of Roots fame) It had some high minded ideals, a retired, reformed Priest aiding African rebels, but all of this was undercut by inability to remain awake. Super Fly TNT committed the greatest sin of an exploitation film. It was boring.
Harvey Kurtzman's HEY LOOK! (1946-49)
13 hours ago
I never saw it and have read other reviews that stated pretty much the same. But good lord that original is something else. A classic.
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