Firestarter (2022) (original) (raw)

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. (less)

Director: Keith Thomas (XV)
Writers: Scott Teems, Stephen King
Starring: Zac Efron, Ryan Kiera Armstrong, Sydney Lemmon, Michael Greyeyes, Gloria Reuben, Kurtwood Smith
Producer: Jason Blum

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Review by Brian Orndorf, May 13, 2022

3 / 10

Stephen King�s �Firestarter� was originally published in 1980, quickly inspiring a film adaptation in 1984, where Drew Barrymore, fresh off her turn in �E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial,� played the eponymous pyrokinetic. The feature attempted to be faithful to King�s material, and it resulted in a somewhat sluggish attempt to merge fantasy horror elements with various relationship dramas. It didn�t quite work, but it certainly had a clear idea of what it wanted to be. The 2022 remake doesn�t possess such confidence, barely paying attention to King�s plotting as writer Scott Teems (�Halloween Kills� ...read more...

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