Add small-time hustlers, thieves, a lover who wants him to continue to deal in order to supply her and her friends and corrupt cops, the chances of Youngblood Priest safely leaving his lifestyle turns more deadly. However, all things cannot be anticipated, especially when Priest has become such a success and asset for Scatter’s former employer, an anonymous kingpin. What the f*ck are you gonna do … except hustle?!”Įddie and Scatter eventually concede to the desperate plea of Priest Eddie, because of the forthcoming wealth and Scatter, because of his fatherly affection for Priest. Priest discusses his plan with his best friend and business partner, Eddie (Carl Lee), who famously (heartbreakingly, to me) quipped, “You know … you got this fantasy in your head of getting’ out of the life and settin’ that other world on its head.
Harris), who has retired from drug dealing and has become a club owner. However, the only way he can get that large amount of product is to call on his mentor, Scatter (Julius W. Priest devises a plan to sell thirty kilos of cocaine and with the $1,000,000 profits, intends to start a new life. It is the story of Youngblood Priest (Ron O’Neal), a dope dealer in Harlem who wants to quit “The Game” of hustling it is hectic, cutthroat and deadly.Īlthough he dreamed about living a luxurious lifestyle as a child, he is urgently seeking to live a better life before the negative consequences of his “career” choice lead to his downfall, worse still, his death. Superfly, along with Sweet Sweetback’s Baadassssss Song (1971 ) and Shaft (1971), is considered to have “birthed” the Blaxploitation film genre. Starring: Ron O’Neal, Carl Lee, Julius W.