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Firestarter

Firestarter

5.5/ 10

TMDB Rating

799

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2022

Release Year

94 min

Runtime

Horror
Science Fiction
Thriller

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.

Keywords

fire
based on novel or book
telepathy
coming of age
secret government organization
psychic power
psychic
female magician
supernatural power
psychic force
lighthearted
pyrokinesis

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Reviews(5)

5.8avg rating
CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

May 29, 2022

5
5/10

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 mi

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JPV852

JPV852

June 18, 2022

5
5/10

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 P

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The Movie Mob

The Movie Mob

@mooney240

August 20, 2022

5
5/10

**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

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Robbie Grawey

@robbiegrawey

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!

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tmdb97554867

October 23, 2025

8
8/10

**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

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