It’s hard to make a truly good movie about magicians, since, like con men, the whole allure of their trade is the secrecy and truth behind their tricks. To offer a peek behind the curtain then can often take away from the value of what it is they do to their audiences. So it should be said up front that Sleight is probably the coolest movie about magicians since Christopher Nolan’s The Prestige, though that’s not really saying much. More patient and less silly than either of the Now You See Me movies, but less psychological or unpredictable as The Prestige, Sleight makes for an interesting introduction to its creative team, despite it’s sometimes limited or unsatisfying payoffs.
Directed by newcomer J.D. Dillard and based on a screenplay co-written by he and Alex Theurer, Sleight is the newest low-budget genre thriller to be released by Jason Blum and Blumhouse, with help surprisingly enough from WWE Studios. It’s not hard to see why the studio picked up Sleight following its Sundance premiere in 2016 either, considering how unashamedly the film wears its influences and genre leanings on its sleeve. Like so many of the genre’s other notable titles too, it shines the most whenever it decides to lean just a little bit further into them.
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