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.A young girl tries to understand how she mysteriously gained the power to set things on fire with her mind.
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- 7 nominations
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Did you know
- TriviaJohn Carpenter, who did the music for this film, was set to direct the original Firestarter (1984), but was replaced when his previous film, The Thing (1982), failed at the box office. He would instead direct another Stephen King adaptation, Christine (1983).
- GoofsWhen Charlie is in the woods trying to aim her abilities at firewood, you can see someone walking by in the background. She is clearly not alone and would've been seen.
- Quotes
Vicky McGee: [to Rainbird] How Can You Be Still Helping Them After Everything They've Done To You?
- ConnectionsFeatured in Amanda the Jedi Show: FIRESTARTER is a Trash Fire | Explained (2022)
- SoundtracksControl, I'm Here
Written by Douglas McCarthy, Bon Harris
Performed by Nitzer Ebb
Published by Mute Song Limited by arrangement with Bank Robber Music, LLC
Courtesy of Geffen Records under license from Universal Music Enterprises
Featured review
Pointless
Firestarter is a film that feels cheap, looks ugly and manages to be rushed yet still feel boring and needlessly slow. It doesn't really succeed at any genre either, with only a few cheap jump scares as a horror and it definitely fails as a superhero movie.
Ryan Kiera Armstrong does her best with weak material and almost makes it work. It's nice to see Zac Efron in a more dramatic role once again but he's also let down by such bland and lifeless stuff. However, Kurtwood Smith's brief appearance is great and threatens to give the film some actual energy.
Thankfully it is mercifully short and the music by John Carpenter, Cody Carpenter and Daniel Davis is fantastic, easily the best part of the film. It's infinitely better than anything actually happening and tricks you into thinking something actually interesting might happen.
Ryan Kiera Armstrong does her best with weak material and almost makes it work. It's nice to see Zac Efron in a more dramatic role once again but he's also let down by such bland and lifeless stuff. However, Kurtwood Smith's brief appearance is great and threatens to give the film some actual energy.
Thankfully it is mercifully short and the music by John Carpenter, Cody Carpenter and Daniel Davis is fantastic, easily the best part of the film. It's infinitely better than anything actually happening and tricks you into thinking something actually interesting might happen.
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- masonsaul
- May 22, 2022
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- Also known as
- Người Khởi Lửa
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- Budget
- $12,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $9,739,250
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $3,827,715
- May 15, 2022
- Gross worldwide
- $15,039,250
- Runtime1 hour 34 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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