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Perfect cast and a good story

Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

The acting in this movie is really good.

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

'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.

I watched this at home on BluRay from my local public library. My wife skipped, not her type of movie.The story focuses on the poor side of town, Jacob Latimore is Bo, a smart high school graduate who takes care of his little sister. But Bo has to scratch for a living, he has been a Houdini fan and has developed a great facility of "sleight of hand" tricks and picks up cash as a street magician.But Bo needs more if he and his little sister are to get out of that life and he earns it as a drug salesman. Sometimes late at night in an alley, often times in his car. But he gets greedy and gets on the wrong side of his dealer, Dulé Hill as very brutal Angelo. When someone moves into his territory and doesn't leave willingly Angelo has the man's hand cut off. Bo has developed a trick that requires an electrical coil embedded in his shoulder. He can levitate small items like coins but he needs something much more powerful to combat Angelo, and gets help from his old high school science teacher.Cute Seychelle Gabriel as Holly plays the love interest for Bo, and Storm Reid is effective in the small role as Bo's sister, Tina.This movie was written and directed by young filmmakers trying to get established in the business, it is interesting enough but in the end relatively superficial, with not much lasting impression.

So we have a promising young black student, who has to drop out of a scholarship to deal drugs and perform street tricks. He's committed, though, implanting a bunch of metal in his arm to give himself the (totally bogus) ability to manipulate metals with a twitch of his fingers.What does he do with these skills? Steal things, break into things, get into fights.I'm pretty over the stereotyping of people based on skin colour.

Bo (Jacob Latimore) is a street magician who does wondrous tricks because he has placed an electromagnet in his arm. Between this and dealing drugs for Angelo (Dulé Hill) is manages to care for himself and sister (Storm Reid). The drug dealer is our protagonist in this urban tale. Bo meets Holly (Seychelle Gabriel) as he sells Molly which turns into a folly as he cuts the product. Golly. (Sorry, but this is how I get my jolly.) The magic aspects turns what would be just another boring urban story into something interesting. I have my doubts that an electromagnet would have a powerful effect on aluminum, mercury/gold alloys and lead. Don't try this at home.Guide: No sex, or nudity