HorrorScience Fiction

Firestarter

- Never play with fire.

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.

Release Date : 2022-05-12

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Blumhouse ProductionsWeed Road PicturesBoulderLight PicturesUniversal PicturesdentsuThe De Laurentiis CompanyNight Platform

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Charlie McGee

Original Name : Ryan Kiera Armstrong

Gender : Female

Character Name : Andy McGee

Original Name : Zac Efron

Gender : Male

Character Name : Vicky Tomlinson-McGee

Original Name : Sydney Lemmon

Gender : Female

Character Name : Dr. Joseph Wanless

Original Name : Kurtwood Smith

Gender : Male

Character Name : John Rainbird

Original Name : Michael Greyeyes

Gender : Male

Character Name : Captain Jane Hollister

Original Name : Gloria Reuben

Gender : Female

Character Name : Irv Manders

Original Name : John Beasley

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ms. Gardner

Original Name : Tina Jung

Gender : Female

Character Name : Darla Gurney

Original Name : Hannan Younis

Gender : Female

Character Name : Gavin

Original Name : Gavin MacIver-Wright

Gender : Male

Character Name : Eyes Man

Original Name : Jeremy Ferdman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Officer Pierce

Original Name : Jamillah Ross

Gender : Female

Character Name : Young Nurse

Original Name : Morrissa Nicole

Gender : Female

Character Name : Esmerelda 'Essi' Manders

Original Name : Sheila Boyd

Gender : Female

Character Name : News Reporter

Original Name : Darrin Maharaj

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sheriff Perry

Original Name : Danny Waugh

Gender : Male

Character Name : Principal Lewis

Original Name : Lanette Ware

Gender : Female

Character Name : First Kid

Original Name : Hunter Smalley

Gender : Male

Character Name : Second Kid

Original Name : Isaac Murray

Gender : Male

Character Name : Third Kid

Original Name : Nicholas Vilord

Gender : Male

Character Name : Agent Jules

Original Name : Vas Saranga

Gender : Male

Character Name : Control Room Guard

Original Name : Shane Marriott

Gender : Male

Character Name : Man in Street Clothes

Original Name : Moses Nyarko

Gender : Male

Character Name : Agent Gail

Original Name : Claire Armstrong

Gender : Female

Character Name : Research Assistant

Original Name : Xavier Lopez

Gender : Male

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-05-29

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 really lacklustre performance some screaming from a competent youngster in Ryan Kiera Armstrong ("Charlie") and we are left with a very mediocre adaptation of this pretty lightweight Stephen King story that is big on pyrotechnic effects, certainly, but on very little else. There is a story: the youngster can cause things to combust at will when she gets stressed or annoyed; her father can bend people to his will making his eyes bleed in the process - quite an effective cure for smokers who want to give up; and her mother - Sidney Lemmon, well she too has a quirk - but I cannot remember what it was (but it definitely wasn't firefighting). Anyway, those who scientifically enhanced this family are hot on their trail - and it's all a question of who will prevail. Well it would be if you were still remotely bothered but after half an hour I just wasn't. For a movie about conflagration - it's sadly all a bit of a damp squib.

JPV852

@JPV852

2022-06-18

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, you're really not missing anything. **2.25/5**

The Movie Mob

@mooney240

2022-09-03

**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 movie could feel. Think Push (2009) but much more mediocre.

Robbie Grawey

@robbiegrawey

2022-09-16

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!