'SLEIGHT': Three and a Half Stars (Out of Five)A sci-fi drama about a gifted street magician who turns to illegal activities to support his sister, after their parents are killed, and he then must use his special skills to protect them from the same dangerous people he works for. The film was written and directed by J.D. Dillard, and it stars Jacob Latimore, Seychelle Gabriel, Storm Reid, Sasheer Zamata, Cameron Esposito and Dule Hill. It's received mostly positive reviews from critics, and it was a small indie hit at the Box Office as well (grossing $4 million on a $250,000 budget). I found the film to be mildly interesting and entertaining, but definitely nothing great. Bo (Latimore) is a very talented street magician, who also works for a dangerous drug dealer, named Angelo (Hill), to pay the bills. He's also responsible for taking care of his little sister, Tina (Reid), since their parents died. When Angelo finds out that Bo has been stealing from him, he threatens to kill Bo and Tina. Bo is forced to come up with $45,000, in order to spare their lives, and he's also forced to turn to his special abilities in order to get them out of this new predicament alive. His abilities amazingly include controlling metals, using an electromagnetic he built into his arm. The film kind of feels like a superhero origins movie. It would be a lot more beloved if it was a popular comic book character (that people already knew) too. As it is, the film is mostly amusing, and the climax is pretty cool as well. Also Latimore makes a pretty likable leading man too. The movie isn't especially memorable, or especially likable, but it is decently made and entertaining.

Sleight is not a random gangster movie, because the main character is kind of special, he can do magic tricks. And he is really good. Well that's it. His passion is not really well-used in the plot, so it really feels anecdotal. I always wonder why he bothers doing magic tricks when he needs money. He must be making much more money with selling drugs. I'm not sure it makes sense. The shots around his magic tricks makes the movie special, but it goes old real quick, after 30mn. Then we forget about it, to go back to magic half-an-hour afterwards. There's a big issue in the writing. The is not enough events to keep the plot interesting after 30mn. So yeah it's original, and well-acted, but a sad lack of structure. And the mysterious ending feels pretentious for a movie that is not cleverly constructed. It doesn't really work.

I enjoyed this movie soo much, it has a twist of drugs/crime and some positive performance on magic revealing some truth unlike other magic movies. What i want to point out is the scene where Bo pauses the bullets is so amazing, i loved it because Angelo was mindfucked and couldn't believe it, maybe there is a plot twist and they all work for Bo lol. One important part is i want to congratulate the producers for being such trollers, i hated the fact there was a cliff hanger and i really want to know what happened to make Holly go "oh my god"

Its not comic "Iron Man" at all, its even not a decent superhero-to-real life film, because second half of movie is a poor absurd, and a plot itself very-very stupid and cheap, and there is no sci-fi - just fantasy and weird fiction, and yes I clearly see where they rip-off this super- ability (anywhere, lol, but plot from... hello mr. Christopher Priest!) and a way they realize it (from Tetsuo Iron man of course - and this funny how they trick all in a trailer, and ONLY because of this I give it a two stars). In all other parts... well its another boring story from da hood, where home-grow HOOdini (ha-ha, okay three stars) sell drugs when he actually can do money from his "magic" and why he do all that he do in second part? Only for a plot! This is stupid. If you want a good indie movie about this "theme" go to "Super" (2010) its hilarious, but some how much realistic than wanna-be-serious "Sleight". "Sleight" really nothing, but waste of your time and this is sad. Like all this 10 of 10 reviews.