Firestarter
2022, science fiction, suspense
94 minutes
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...
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5.0
2022-05-25
Firestarter could have gotten a better chance of survival if not, once again, for the poorly written script. Read more
3.0
2022-11-13
Lame, shallow and unthrilling action horror. It’s pretty amazing that this (just) made its $12m budget back. I think they have a lot to thank Ms. Armstrong and that poster for. Read more
2.0
2022-05-14
The violence is so grim and mean-spirited (though dogged by the terrible CG) that by the end you may be rooting for the sinister government forces who seem correct here in viewing Charlie as a threat. Chances are you won't make it to the end however, as the movie is so dull you'll probably have nodded off to the dead zone by the hour mark. Read more
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5.5
2022-05-18
Het acteerwerk van Zac Efron en Ryan Kiera Armstrong zorgen er samen met de soundtrack van John Carpenter voor dat Firestarter overeind blijft staan. Het concept is interessant, wat vaak het geval is bij Stephen Kings werk. Helaas komt de vertaling naar film niet lekker over; er mist urgentie, diepgang en het eind is ontzettend abrupt. Read more
4.0
2022-10-16
Firestarter is helaas niet de remake geworden die de liefhebbers in vuur en vlam zal zetten. Read more
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