Firestarter

2022
15
1h 34m

IMDb RATING

4.6/10

24K

YOUR RATING

Ryan Kiera Armstrong in Firestarter (2022)

In a new adaptation of Stephen King's classic thriller from the producers of The Invisible Man, a girl with extraordinary pyrokinetic powers fights to protect her family and herself from sinister forces that seek to capture and control her.

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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Drama Horror Sci-Fi Thriller

A young girl tries to understand how she mysteriously gained the power to set things on fire with her mind.A young girl tries to understand how she mysteriously gained the power to set things on fire with her mind.A young girl tries to understand how she mysteriously gained the power to set things on fire with her mind.

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IMDb RATING

4.6/10

24K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 7 nominations total

Videos22

Firestarter: Charlie Uses Her Power To Escape A Kidnapper

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Firestarter: Charlie Refuses To Hide Her Power With Andy

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Firestarter: Charlie Refuse De Cacher Son Pouvoir (French Subtitled)

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Trivia
John Carpenter, who did the music for this film, was set to direct the original Firestarter (1984), but was replaced when his previous film, The Thing (1982), failed at the box office. He would instead direct another Stephen King adaptation, Christine (1983).

Goofs
When Charlie is in the woods trying to aim her abilities at firewood, you can see someone walking by in the background. She is clearly not alone and would've been seen.

Quotes
Vicky McGee: [to Rainbird] How Can You Be Still Helping Them After Everything They've Done To You?

Connections
Featured in Amanda the Jedi Show: FIRESTARTER is a Trash Fire | Explained (2022)

Soundtracks
Control, I'm Here
Written by Douglas McCarthy, Bon Harris
Performed by Nitzer Ebb
Published by Mute Song Limited by arrangement with Bank Robber Music, LLC
Courtesy of Geffen Records under license from Universal Music Enterprises

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Featured review

4/10

More faithful they said...

I should have known better than to be the least bit excited for this. This was bad. The original, was one of my favorite movies when I was young. I was hoping they improved on that. I don't know why. With the exception of Dune (as that's all that comes to mind right now) remakes have traditionally been bad, overall. I don't know why I thought this would be any different. They did very little marketing before it was out. Which is usually an indication that they don't even have faith in their own movie. I should have known better.