LOVED IT! Very important message, no I'm not a fan of blaxploitation films! I hated this movie growing up and avoided it, but there is a very important message that is, believe it or not, anti-drug... If you can pull that out of this film ...you have a bigger understanding! The bottom line is Youngblood Priest knows what he's doing is wrong, and he knows he needs to get out of it, or end up dying, or in jail so he choses to get out HIS way. I love the sequel also, because he turns his life around and tries to give back his way.