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Rated: D Jul 3, 2024 Full Review Tina Kakadelis Beyond the Cinerama Dome Firestarter should either be a campy romp or a semi-serious look at the way people try to quell the rage of young women.
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A talkative horror-tinged superhero origin story that,...
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As youths, Andy McGee (David Keith) and his future wife,...
- Firestarter - Movie Reviews - Rotten Tomatoes
A talkative horror-tinged superhero origin story that, sadly, never manages to turn up the heat. Full Review | Original Score: 5.5/10 | Nov 2, 2022. Keith Garlington Keith & the Movies. No...
As youths, Andy McGee (David Keith) and his future wife, Vicky (Heather Locklear), participated in secret experiments, allowing themselves to be subjected to mysterious medical tests.
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May 13, 2022 · Firestarter. Fantasy. 94 minutes ‧ R ‧ 2022. Brian Tallerico. May 13, 2022. 3 min read. The Stephen King novel on which the new version of “Firestarter” is based was published in 1980 during a phase of the horror master’s career in which the writer seemed fascinated by kids with inexplicable powers. Charlie, played by Drew Barrymore ...
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By Matt Fowler
Updated: May 15, 2022 8:38 pm
Posted: May 13, 2022 4:38 pm
Firestarter premieres Friday, May 13 in both theaters and streaming on Peacock.
Blumhouse's new adaptation of Stephen King's seminal scarebook Firestarter, from 1980, features strong performances from Zac "He Plays Dads Now" Efron and young Ryan Kiera Armstrong, but the finished product is a bland retelling of a story that, here in 2022, needed an extra jolt to bring it back and have it stand out among today's super-powered rabble.
Not only are superhero stories now the meat and potatoes of our mainstream multiplex fabric, but "youths discovering powers" is its own overflowing well. Firestarter, as a King story, is naturally more wicked than other kid fables, which tend to lean toward family-friendly adventure, but remaking this story without adding anything particularly new or making it scarier just leaves it defenseless, and feeling wholly unoriginal in the mutant landscape despite it being one of the first stories of its kind.
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On the bad guy front, Michael Greyeyes isn't as short-sheeted as the others, but he still feels like a ghost of a presence rather than a full character. As Rainbird, a super-powered fixer sent after Charlie (played by George C. Scott in the 1984 film), Greyeyes gets a few notable showdown moments, but the end resolution for his character makes little sense and only adds yet another meandering, confusing thing to this tale.
Despite solid performances from Zac Efron and Ryan Kiera Armstrong, Firestarter feels stifled in story and presentation. Over four decades have passed since the Stephen King novel, so new ideas were needed to resuscitate this twisted tale and have it not feel undercooked -- or even less interesting than other stories that have copied it over the ye...
May 13, 2022 · Firestarter doesn’t rank among the all-time best Stephen King adaptations, but it is an entertaining, well-made, and cinematic interpretation of the book that is far better than its predecessor.
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May 13, 2022 · Firestarter Review. People: Keith Thomas. Zac Efron. Years after participating in an experiment that left him with psychic abilities, Andy McGee (Zac Efron) is on the run from a mysterious...
