![]() Irv and Andy argue before Andy explains to Irv that he is just trying to protect his daughter. Irv sits up all night watching a news report of the incident at the McGee home, which is being framed as murder by Andy. After Charlie accidentally stumbles upon his paralyzed wife, Irv flies into a rage before conceding that he occasionally overreacts. After using the push to convince Irv to take them to Boston, they hitch a ride with him, stopping off at his house. On the road, they encounter a man named Irv. Andy and Charlie escape into their truck. Charlie's powers overwhelm him and she sends a concussive burst of flames throughout the house. Rainbird overpowers and kills her, holding Charlie at knifepoint as she and Andy enter the home. Rainbird visits the McGee home, confronting Vicky who attempts to counterattack with her repressed telekinetic powers. ![]() Hollister enlists fellow superhuman John Rainbird to assist her. She visits Doctor Joseph Wanless, creator of Lot-6 and the resulting superhumans, who implores Hollister to terminate Charlie before her powers become uncontrollable. Meanwhile, in a secret facility, Captain Jane Hollister, leader of the DSI, is monitoring thermal signatures caused by Charlie's outbursts. Andy is shown using his power, "the push", to influence a client to stop smoking, although the strain causes his eyes to bleed. She unintentionally causes a ruckus at her school after exploding a bathroom stall due to anger at being bullied. Her parents join her and Charlie explains that she has been repressing something bad, her powers becoming more unstable. In the present day, Charlie is sitting at the kitchen table after having a nightmare. In another flashback, a young Andy and his girlfriend Victoria "Vicky" Tomlinson talk to a doctor in a clinical trial, who explains to them that they will be injected with the experimental chemical drug Lot-6, which secretly gives them supernatural powers: Andy gains telepathy, and Vicky obtains telekinesis. ![]() In a flashback, baby Charlene "Charlie" McGee sits in her crib, spontaneously setting the room ablaze with her pyrokinesis power and sending her father Andrew "Andy" McGee into a panic. The film received negative reviews from critics, with many deeming it to be inferior to the original 1984 film, and grossed $15 million worldwide against a $12 million budget, making it a box office failure. It is produced by Jason Blum and Akiva Goldsman under their Blumhouse Productions and Weed Road Pictures banners, respectively, alongside BoulderLight Pictures and Night Platform.įirestarter was released in the United States on May 13, 2022, by Universal Pictures simultaneously theatrically and through streaming on Peacock. The film stars Zac Efron, Ryan Kiera Armstrong, Sydney Lemmon, Kurtwood Smith, John Beasley, Michael Greyeyes, and Gloria Reuben. Firestarter is a 2022 American science fiction horror film directed by Keith Thomas, from a screenplay by Scott Teems, based on the novel of the same name by Stephen King and serving as a remake of the 1984 film adaptation. ![]()
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