![]() ![]() I did like Jordan Gaines, who was funny, and I wouldn't have recognized him had I not seen Robert Guillaume's name in the credits. I know they were playing poker, and that's about it. The first half of the movie didn't make a lot of sense, possibly because I didn't know the characters. As it turns out, he wants Priest to help him. Sonko is in the room when one of the rebel leaders is informed about what has happened. A group of rebels in an African desert gets ambushed, their weapons are taken, and the men are killed. When I saw the Colosseum, I knew where it was. I didn't know where this was set, and I had no knowledge of the original 'Superfly', but I was curious. The movie opens with scenes of what turns out to be Rome. With his beautiful voice it's easy to see why, for a while, he played the lead in the play "Phantom". By the way, one thing to look for if you do see the movie is Robert Guillaume singing near the beginning. It's a shame, as the plot wasn't a bad idea-it just was so slow and dull when it should have been anything but. As a result, the film is certainly watchable but not a whole lot more. Also, I agree that the soundtrack was incredibly disappointing, as the original film had one of the best blaxsploitation scores ever-second only to the one from "Shaft". It was clearly a slow film and could easily have been tightened up quite a bit. ![]() I do agree with one of the reviews that complained that it took so long for this plot to develop. I appreciated, however, that the character finally showed some conscience and a sense of purpose (to quote Steven Martin from "The Jerk"-'I found my purpose!!'). This, I'm sure, is a big disappointment to fans who want the confident and ultra-bad anti-hero-not this confused and more likable guy. Finally, Priest has a purpose to life and his performance throughout the film is very restrained and low-key. However, he is also vaguely dissatisfied and despite his repeatedly saying he's only out to make money and take care of himself and his woman, he is eventually persuaded to help a man (Roscoe Lee Browne) in his attempt to start a revolution in his small African nation against the colonial powers-he wants Priest to smuggle in weapons for their struggle. Here, the film finds him living the good life in Europe-he's retired and financially secure. You see, in the first film, Priest was completely amoral-and made his fortune selling dope and women. However, this time he's quite different-a kindler, gentler sort of Priest. Priest (Ron O'Neal) is back in a sequel to the hit "Superfly".
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