Firestarter
Never play with fire.
2022 · 1h 34m · R
Horror, Science Fiction
Directed by
Keith Thomas
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.
Director and cast
- Keith Thomas Director
- Ryan Kiera Armstrong as Charlie McGee
- Zac Efron as Andy McGee
- Sydney Lemmon as Vicky McGee
- Kurtwood Smith as Dr. Joseph Wanless
- Michael Greyeyes as Rainbird
- Gloria Reuben as Captain Hollister
- John Beasley as Irv Manders
- Tina Jung as Ms. Gardner
- Hannan Younis as Darla Gurney
- Gavin MacIver-Wright as Gavin
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