Firestarter
“Never play with fire.”
Director: Keith Thomas
Producer: Akiva Goldsman, Jason Blum
Overview
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.
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Cast
Ryan Kiera Armstrong
Charlie McGee
Zac Efron
Andy McGee
Sydney Lemmon
Vicky McGee
Kurtwood Smith
Dr. Joseph Wanless
Michael Greyeyes
Rainbird
Gloria Reuben
Captain Hollister
John Beasley
Irv Manders
Tina Jung
Ms. Gardner
Hannan Younis
Darla Gurney
Gavin MacIver-Wright
Gavin
Jeremy Ferdman
Eyes Man
Jamillah Ross
Officer Pierce
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Reviews
5.0CinemaSerf
May 29, 2022
He might look good in a white T-shirt but the thing is, as Zac Efron gets older he looks more and more like an automaton. When he was younger, he had a charm about him - now he just looks like his life consists of nothing but the gym, the manscapists and a bath in yesterday's excess kale smoothie mix! Add to that reall…
5.0JPV852
June 18, 2022
Eh, just another pointless remake/re-adaptation, although I don't mind it since the 1984 version wasn't great either. Nothing terrible but not anything special either. Performances were bland and not even the pyrotechnics weren't all that impressive. I guess it's fine to watch for free on Peakcock Premium but even so,…
5.0The Movie Mob
August 20, 2022
**Ironically, this fire never got going—total dud.** What? How? I didn't expect to be blown away, but I also didn't expect to be bored. I love Blumhouse flicks, and their fresh take on The Invisible Man had my expectations high for their version of Firestarter. Unfortunately, this was as straight to streaming as a m…
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tmdb62583583
September 12, 2022
Add it to the “passible movies that are adaptations of Stephen King novels” pile, which is getting concerning-ly large. Regardless, I got to see the NOPE trailer on the big screen!
- T8.0
tmdb97554867
October 23, 2025
**Slightly generic but heartwarming** This is your typical superhero origin story that is about learning responsibility. Unlike most people, I actually thought this was kind of sweet and slightly different from other films in the same genre. They went for a more realistic approach by focusing on her "becoming a youn…