Like many movies in which the hero wants to make one more deal before quitting, things get complicated. When the opportunity arrives to do one more major deal, he takes it. Priest’s ultimate goal is to leave the criminal life and retire in style. He scorns those who “want more than they should,” since those are the dealers who tend to get caught. He keeps his head down, monitoring his supply and his dealers carefully, and making just enough to afford a lifestyle that, while luxurious, avoids flash that would draw the attention of the police (or, presumably, the IRS). Priest’s success largely comes from staying off the criminal grid.

Otherwise, the basic plot remains the same. Specifically, he’s in charge of a vast cocaine operation in this reimagining of the 1972 blaxploitation classic “ Super Fly.” Some changes, both major and minor, have been made: The setting is Atlanta, rather than Harlem Priest’s antagonists now include a rival gang called Snow Patrol and there’s Mexican cartel involved.

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