Firestarter

Firestarter

94 mins | Thriller, Science Fiction, Horror | May 12, 2022

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.

Firestarter

94 mins | Thriller, Science Fiction, Horror | May 12, 2022

Firestarter
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.
IMDb rating 4.6
Producers Universal Pictures, Weed Road Pictures, Blumhouse Productions, Dino De Laurentiis Company, BoulderLight Pictures
Original title Firestarter
Directors Keith Thomas
Writers Scott Teems, Stephen King

Cast

Ryan Kiera Armstrong

as Charlie McGee

Zac Efron

as Andy McGee

Sydney Lemmon

as Vicky Tomlinson-McGee

Kurtwood Smith

as Dr. Joseph Wanless

Michael Greyeyes

as John Rainbird

Gloria Reuben

as Captain Jane Hollister

John Beasley

as Irv Manders

Tina Jung

as Ms. Gardner

Hannan Younis

as Darla Gurney

Jeremy Ferdman

as Eyes Man

Jamillah Ross

as Officer Pierce

Morrissa Nicole

as Young Nurse

Sheila Boyd

as Esmerelda 'Essi' Manders

Darrin Maharaj

as News Reporter

Danny Waugh

as Sheriff Perry

Lanette Ware

as Principal Lewis

Hunter Smalley

as First Kid

Isaac Murray

as Second Kid

Nicholas Vilord

as Third Kid

Vas Saranga

as Agent Jules

Shane Marriott

as Control Room Guard

Moses Nyarko

as Man in Street Clothes

Claire Armstrong

as Agent Gail