Priest, a suave top-rung New York City drug dealer, decides that he wants to get out of his dangerous trade. Working with his reluctant friend, Eddie, Priest devises a scheme that will allow him to make a big deal and then retire. When a desperate street dealer informs the police of Priest's activities, Priest is forced into an uncomfortable arrangement with corrupt narcotics officers. Setting his plan in motion, he aims to both leave the business and stick it to the man.
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I found this movie in the book 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die, I didn't know what to expect, but I did know the meaning of the title is that a character is cool, I hoped for something good, directed by Gordon Parks Jr., son of Shaft director Gordon Parks. Basically Priest (Ron O'Neal) is an African-American drug pusher, a cocaine dealer with a strong desire to get retire from the drug business. Before he can exit the drug world, Priest has to earn enough funds to support himself, as he feels a regular job will not satisfy his needs. Priest forms a plan to sell thirty grams of cocaine, he uses his profits to sustain himself while searching for a job, but he assumes his criminal background will hold him back from securing one. Along the way, Priest has many encounters with corrupt law enforcement, he also has his close friend Eddie (The Cool World's Carl Lee) betray him. In the end, Priest manages to escape the drug business, and walks away unharmed with his girlfriend Georgia (Sheila Frazier). Also starring Live and Let Die's Julius Harris as Scatter, Blazing Saddles' Charles McGregor as Fat Freddie, Nate Adams as Dealer and Polly Niles as Cynthia. O'Neal is indeed "superfly", i.e. flamboyant and super cool, the other black characters are slightly robotic, the white characters are crooked, and the women (black and white) are nothing more than sex objects. This movie may be a little dated now, but it was big success at the time, full of controversy with racist language, drug use and strong sex, and featuring a funky soundtrack, including the catchy "Pusher Man" by Curtis Mayfield, and the fantastic groovy title track and Grammy nominated score by Curtis Mayfield, all in all an interesting cult blaxploitation crime drama. Worth watching!
A cocaine dealer decides to retire after making a big business.This one of the best low budget movies. The movies prostrates the story of a cocaine dealer. He wants to retire and settle in a normal life with his love. For that, he is getting ready for the one final, and large deal.The plus point of this film is that, there are no much "mass" in it. The protagonist is a "hero", but, no much build up is given, but a few. The tactics he uses in the climax was simply superb and heroic. I think this film made a way to many of this genre.An interesting movie and worth watch for all film lovers.
Well...where to start...if it wasn't for Curtis Mayfield occasionally doing some tricks I may have nodded off throughout the first hour...but then it dawned on me...this was 1972 and we hafta stick it to da man! As a piece of cinematic history it is worth the effort...as anything else it is just an appalling piece of garbage. The acting is very wooden and the script has more N words than the Oxford dictionary. At least we now know that it applies to African Americans...of any colour. It has a quite juicy softcore approach to intimate scenes however...no matter how forced they seem. The upshot is...selling toot is a very dodgy business...but it has its merits...you can get a very cool car, some appalling dressage and bad hats. I give it 5/10 just for the concept of getting "outa the business". Hoo-rah!
To anyone out there who wants to see a seminal blaxploitation film: skip this one! This is one of the absolute DULLEST movies you will ever see. All the high ratings that people give this one, I gotta wonder what the heck they were smoking/snorting (some of Priest's blow, no doubt).Just check under the 'Trivia' section where it's revealed that the script was only 45 pages long - thus all the footage of people driving, walking, etc. This recalls comments by notorious schlockmeister Herschell Gordon Lewis in an interview with John Waters in which Lewis recalls how he purchased an unfinished film called 'Monster A Go-Go' and filled out the continuity by shooting random, unrelated footage of 'feet walking...hands passing telegrams, etc.' This movie may as well have been directed by Lewis, for all the 'excitement' that it evokes. Gordon Parks Jr. could not hold a candle to his old man (R.I.P.).So pass this one over and check out any number of GOOD blaxploitation pictures, like just about anything with Pam Grier ('Coffy', 'Foxy Brown'), or 'Black Shampoo', or 'Detroit 2000', or a Doris Day movie...
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