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The Return of Superfly (1990)

The Return of Superfly poster
Directed by
Sig Shore
Genre
drama film, blaxploitation film, crime film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 35m
Rated
R
Rating
5.4 of 10 from 42 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A former drug dealer named Priest returns to New York from Paris to investigate the murder of his friend. He teams up with new allies to find the killers while trying to avoid slipping back into his old criminal ways.

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What happens

The Return of Superfly is a 1990 American crime drama film directed by Sig Shore. The film is a sequel to the 1973 film Super Fly T.N.T.. It stars Nathan Purdee as Youngblood Priest (replacing Ron O'Neal from the two previous films) and Margaret Avery. In the film, Priest returns to New York from Paris to find who is responsible for his friend's murder. With a couple of new friends, he attempts to bring the killers to justice while trying not to get into criminal activity like he did years ago. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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