An Atlanta cocaine dealer (Trevor Jackson) aims to
increase his sales so he can get out of the business. But blunders by his
hotheaded partner (Jason Mitchell), conflict with a gang of competitors (led by
Jacob Ming-Trent), a broken relationship with his mentor (Michael Kenneth
Williams) and the machinations of a Mexican drug lord (Esai Morales) all hinder
his plan. Helmed by Director X, this unimpressive update of 1972's "Super
Fly," tolerates rather than fully justifying the protagonist's life of
crime, presenting it as the only avenue to success open to him as an
African-American. But its scenes of gory gunplay, together with an essentially
pornographic sequence depicting group sex the pusher engages in with his two
cohabiting girlfriends (Lex Scott Davis and Andrea Londo) make it unacceptable
for viewers of any age.
Watch out for: Graphic
bloody violence, aberrant sexual behavior, rear and upper female nudity, about
a half-dozen profanities, a couple of milder oaths, pervasive rough and crude
language.
Rated: O, morally offensive;
MPAA: R
© Arlington Catholic Herald 2018