It is simply a great looking football boot, no faults. The large “MERC” branding below the oversized swoosh on the exterior of the boot looks incredible, as it throws back to the classic Mercurial design we all know and love. The blue stands out and pops amazingly on pitch, with the white accents being a great secondary colour used. Great-looking MercurialĪesthetically, the colourway and design of the Superfly 7 make the boot my favourite looking Mercurial of all time. It would look much better than it wearing off and looking a touch distorted after a few uses. I hope Nike could find a way to keep this reflective and bright pattern on the soleplate forever. However, I do not like the wearable finish on the toe area of the plate, which slowly wears off after a few uses.
This soleplate is by far the most aggressive and lethal on the market to date. It also has a bunch of Nike’s slogans written all over the bottom of the boot, branching out to the side. The split sole design looks aesthetically pleasing. This is where Nike has also hollowed out the heel section to reduce the boot's weight. The studs are also 1mm longer and have more of an extended triangular chevron pattern compared to the 6’s. I found when cutting corners or pushing forward for a sprint, it offered a little more traction and aggressiveness compared to the last generation. It offers a greater spring-back, increasing your speed, agility as well as motion on the field. It now incorporates a new ‘AeroTrak’ spine, which makes the soleplate stiffer and more responsive.
The soleplate reacts as soon as you doĪnother upgrade from the previous generation is improved soleplate. It is also ideal for use in wet and rainy conditions thanks to the all-conditions control chemical imbedded in the second yarn. Therefore, it generates a ton of grip-which is perfect for curling and striking the ball The upper feels much more textured and is almost rough to the touch. The ACC allows for an even texture all over the boot aimed at a superb touch on the ball.īy incorporating these two yarns, it creates a thinner boot upper, which is form-fitting and molds to the shape of your foot within the first wear.
It is coated with Nike’s ACC all conditions control technology. The second yarn is used for the grip and texture of the upper. This structure includes the lockdown, shape, and configuration of how it fits on foot. The first yarn used is mainly for the structure of the boot. However, Nike has improved on the Superfly 6 by incorporating a double yarn, which feels softer, thinner, and grippier with the Superfly 7. Thinner Superfly 7 upperĪ major issue I had with the previous generation was the stiffness of the upper. Nike has gone and fixed this stiffness issue, creating by far the most comfortable Mercurial I have ever worn. The upper, straight out of the box, feeling up to twice as soft and supple in hand compared to the previous Superfly 6, which felt a little stiff. The Superfly 7 is softer, lighter, and thinner than any Mercurial we have ever seen before. The new generation of Mercurials is expanding on the classic speed boot mantra that Nike is famous for. Rating: 4.Speed, agility, and aggressiveness are the first three words that come to mind when I think of the Nike Mercurial silo. It's crime isn't its influence, but instead it lacks wings to truly fly. In a post-Black Panther world, films like Superfly will have to beef up their reasons for existing by either going all the way absurd, or just asking new questions these characteristics. Superfly is simply harmless pulp that was close to being a guilty pleasure. Also the film runs 20 minutes too long and could have sliced a large amount of the ending to keep it more focused and internal. He plays it pretty straight, but doesn't stretch his range out enough to make him captivating. Trevor Jackson is okay in the lead role, but is clearly outstaged by his co-star Jason Mitchell, who is having more fun in the role than he is. So it's sad to say that there is a long period where they aren't the focus and the film reverts into familiar cartel territory, which is not investing at all.
What makes it a little more worth while is the rival gang Snow Patrol, which is gloriously over the top in literally all white everything and filled with actors overacting in ways I haven't seen in a movie in a long time. The whole "one big score to end it all" after a traumatic moment, corrupt cops, navigating through a Mexican drug cartel, all wrapped into a copy and paste style script. The plot is all you have heard a million times before. What makes Superfly work is its jaded views on street credibility and several of the lead actors to bring some much needed levity to what is a rip-off of every crime drama that came before it. If you walk into Superfly with the intention of not taking it 's actually pretty fun for all the wrong reasons.