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Sleight

2017 · 89 min

A scrappy, grounded street-magic thriller that hums with quiet desperation and bursts into startling, inventive violence.

Directed by
J.D. Dillard
Genres
Drama, Thriller, Action
Starring
Jacob Latimore, Seychelle Gabriel, Storm Reid
Tagline
You can change the cards you're dealt
Overview
A young street magician is left to take care of his little sister after his mother's passing and turns to drug dealing in the Los Angeles party scene to keep a roof over their heads. When he gets into trouble with his supplier, his sister is kidnapped and he is forced to rely on both his sleight of hand and brilliant mind to save her.

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Directed by
J.D. Dillard
Genres
Drama, Thriller, Action
Starring
Jacob Latimore, Seychelle Gabriel, Storm Reid
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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • survival
  • crime
  • grief
  • ambition
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror2
Humour3
Realism5
Romance4
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama, thriller, action, science fiction
Directed by
J.D. Dillard
Written by
J.D. Dillard, Alex Theurer
Starring
Jacob Latimore, Seychelle Gabriel, Storm Reid, Sasheer Zamata, Dulé Hill, Cameron Esposito, Michael Villar, Brandon Johnson
Music
Charles Scott IV
Cinematography
Ed Wu
Runtime
89 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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