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Firestarter
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Firestarter

May 12, 2022
1h 34m
★ 5.5

Never play with fire.

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.

Genres

Horror
Science Fiction
Thriller

Production Companies

Blumhouse Productions
Weed Road Pictures
Universal Pictures

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Cast

Ryan Kiera Armstrong

Charlie McGee

Ryan Kiera Armstrong

Zac Efron

Andy McGee

Zac Efron

Sydney Lemmon

Vicky Tomlinson-McGee

Sydney Lemmon

Kurtwood Smith

Dr. Joseph Wanless

Kurtwood Smith

Michael Greyeyes

John Rainbird

Michael Greyeyes

Gloria Reuben

Captain Jane Hollister

Gloria Reuben

John Beasley

Irv Manders

John Beasley

Tina Jung

Ms. Gardner

Tina Jung

Hannan Younis

Darla Gurney

Hannan Younis

Gavin MacIver-Wright

Gavin

Gavin MacIver-Wright

Jeremy Ferdman

Eyes Man

Jeremy Ferdman

Jamillah Ross

Officer Pierce

Jamillah Ross

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