Storyline
For more than a decade, parents Andy and Vicky have been on the run, desperate to hide their daughter Charlie from a shadowy federal agency that wants to harness her unprecedented gift for creating fire into a weapon of mass destruction. Andy has taught Charlie how to defuse her power, which is triggered by anger or pain. But as Charlie turns 11, the fire becomes harder and harder to control. After an incident reveals the family's location, a mysterious operative is deployed to hunt down the family and seize Charlie once and for all. Charlie has other plans.
Directors
Cast
Moses Nyarko, Kurtwood Smith, Zac Efron, Lanette Ware, Gloria Reuben, John Beasley, Jamillah Ross, Jeremy Ferdman, Michael Greyeyes, Tina Jung, Claire Armstrong, Vas Saranga, Sydney Lemmon, Ryan Kiera Armstrong, Danny Waugh, Shane Marriott, Hannan Younis, Gavin MacIver-Wright, Morrissa Nicole, Sheila Boyd, Darrin Maharaj, Hunter Smalley, Isaac Murray, Nicholas Vilord
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Reviews
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I think this would be best enjoyed by someone who had never seen the original 1984 film; that way, you won’t be constantly comparing the two in your head.
50
While it has a few genuine scares (cat lovers will want to avert their eyes for one horrific scene), it never achieves the deliriously freaky heights one expects from a film version of one of King’s cheesier novels.
50
Firestarter isn't offensively bad. It's not likely to make you angry, or have you calling it the worst dang thing you've ever seen. But it is aggressively average, bordering on mediocre. There's nothing fiery here. It's lukewarm at best.
42
Is it better for a Stephen King franchise to burn out or fade away? Firestarter manages to do both at once.
40
When it’s a cautionary tale about an unusual family who’ll never know a moment’s peace because of their past choices, Firestarter is worthy of its source material. When in its last half-hour it turns into chapter one of a potential new superhero franchise, it joins the long list of Stephen King movies that are all gimmick, no guts.
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