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Firestarter

2022 · 1h 34m · Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller

IMDb 4.6 Metacritic 32 RT 10%

Skip it. This Stephen King adaptation (2022) is a CGI-heavy slog that squanders a genuinely creepy premise with bland action sequences and a forgettable cast. The original 1984 film already nailed the paranoid family-on-the-run angle—this remake adds nothing but expensive explosions and a 11-year-old's rage that never feels earned.

Plot

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.

Director: Keith Thomas

Cast: Ryan Kiera Armstrong, Zac Efron, Sydney Lemmon, Kurtwood Smith, Michael Greyeyes

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