Firestarter: Rekindled

2002

Firestarter: Rekindled

4.8 | en | Action & Adventure

A young woman who has the ability to start fires with her mind, must now face the trauma of her childhood by battling with a group of very talented children and their cruel leader, John Rainbird.

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EP1 Part 1

Mar. 10,2002

A young woman who has the ability to start fires with her mind, must now face the trauma of her childhood by battling with a group of very talented children and their cruel leader, John Rainbird.

EP2 Part 2

Mar. 11,2002

A young woman who has the ability to start fires with her mind, must now face the trauma of her childhood by battling with a group of very talented children and their cruel leader, John Rainbird.

4.8 | en | Action & Adventure , Sci-Fi | More Info

Released: 2002-03-10 | Released Producted By: USA Films , Traveler's Rest Films Country: United States of America Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website: https://web.archive.org/web/20020808114751/http://www.scifi.com/firestarter/

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A young woman who has the ability to start fires with her mind, must now face the trauma of her childhood by battling with a group of very talented children and their cruel leader, John Rainbird.

Genre

Action & Adventure , Sci-Fi

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Cast

Marguerite Moreau , Malcolm McDowell , Dennis Hopper , Danny Nucci , Skye McCole Bartusiak , Ron Perkins

Director

Eric Weiler

Producted By

USA Films , Traveler's Rest Films

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Marguerite Moreau

as Charlene 'Charlie' McGee

The Protector Feeling Randy Without Ward Low Life Monuments The Unsettling Into the Ashes You Can't Say No A Night to Regret Newly Single

Malcolm McDowell

as John Rainbird

Psycho Killer A Natural Selection Et Tu Wizardream The Partisan ARK: The Animated Series Cellphone Caligula: The Ultimate Cut Caligula: The Ultimate Cut Caligula: The Ultimate Cut

Dennis Hopper

as James Richardson

Films to Die For Super Mario Bros: The Lasagna Workprint Spirit of Golf to Crinkle their Wrist, Perfumed Splendour Hopper/Welles Jay Sebring… Cutting to the Truth Wim Wenders - Von Filmen und Träumen They'll Love Me When I'm Dead The Other Side of the Wind Rebel Without a Cause

Danny Nucci

as Vincent Sforza

Lake Jesup: Bonecrusher's Revenge Titanic: Stories from the Heart Stoker Hills Titanic White Star Edition Titanic Wishin' and Hopin' The Fosters Reflections on Titanic Pizza with Bullets The Booth at the End

Skye McCole Bartusiak

as Young Charlie McGee

Sick Boy Good Day for It Witness Protection Wild About Harry Love's Abiding Joy Pineapple Kill Your Darlings Boogeyman Against the Ropes Love Comes Softly

Ron Perkins

as Special Agent Pruitt

Spider-Man Moxie Being the Ricardos Cesar Chavez Game Change Pandemic Pandemic The Prestige Plainsong Rent Control

Eric Weiler

Art Direction

David Boyd

Director of Photography

Brian Avery

Stunts

Robert Iscove

Director

Casey O. Rohrs

Editor

Tom Thayer

Executive Producer

Jeffrey Morton

Producer

Randy Miller

Original Music Composer

Stephen King

Novel

Philip Eisner

Writer

Firestarter: Rekindled Audience Reviews

Interesteg What makes it different from others?

Supelice Dreadfully Boring

InformationRap This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

Teddie Blake The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

Filipe Neto When I found this movie I thought it was a sequel to "Firestarter", 1984, a movie that adapted a Stephen King story. However, after watching, I had doubts about whether to consider it a sequel or a remake. My doubts rest on the natural comparison between both and the realization that this film has broken any relation to the events of its predecessor. However, it is undoubtedly intended to function as a sequel. The whole structure of the script fails because it was based on real quicksand, and this ends up ruining the film. Malcolm McDowell is the most famous name of this production, having done a reasonable performance, according to what was requested and the garbage that he has received to work. The remaining actors did what they could but could not save the movie from being disastrous. More disastrous still: the protagonist, who dominated relatively well her power in the first film, is now reduced to a teenager who sets things on fire during sex. Is it some kind of pun with the expression "to have fire under the skirt"? Very funny...

Daz3467 I found this movie had made a crushing compared to the first original movie. I really didn't expect to but I actually laughed because I did not think the acting was good enough and really stunk. The story line or script for that matter was completely all over the place and should have been rewritten. Not good enough for my view. They should have got Drew Barrymore again when she was grown up in her teens for the same part but a better story line. That little girl in the movie, her acting was terrible, I am not allowed too, I am not allowed too, she kept saying those words in which you wouldn't expect her to say them. Who ever wrote that script should be shot compared to the original it was killed off and I feel sorry, other wise I was getting ready to see a very good movie but what I got was trash.

domino1003 The Sci Fi Channel almost had a hit with "Firestarter: Rekindled."Almost.For those who read the Stephen King novel or has seen the 1984 movie version of the novel with Drew Barrymore, stop right where you are. They have taking a HUGE liberty with both. In the novel, there were only 3 remaining subjects of the Lot 6 program (Charlie's parents and Richardson). This version has an agency that is bumping off the original participants by promising a cash settlement from the program. Danny Nucci plays Vincent Sforza, working for the agency in finding these people, although her doesn't know what happens once they're found. One of the people on the list is Charlie McGee, now a young woman (Marguerite Moreau). Seems that Charlie has some issues of her own. Whenever she gets "excited," she gets VERY hot, so hot that things catch fire (In one instance, she smolders an entire hotel room). She's also been living her life on the run ever since her parents were killed by the government agency known as The Shop. One of their operatives, Rainbird (Malcolm McDowell), wants Charlie, even after she turns him into a charred lunatic. He wants Charlie bad enough to kill (And he likes using a pencil as a weapon!). He's also done something else with the Lot 6 experiment: 6 boys with individual powers (One is an energy vampire, another with a killer voice)that are being used to create an ultimate weapon.A lot of questions were left unanswered: What happened to The Shop and the Manders? There are a lot of plot holes: Are we supposed to swallow the fact that Rainbird who, in both the novel and 1984 version was burnt to a crispy critter, yet manages to survive without looking MORE disfigured? And what's the thing with Richardson(A bored looking Dennis Hopper)? He doesn't really serve any real purpose other than to claim that he knows what's going to happen. They recreate Charlie's early story rather than use the footage from the original to keep the story in balance, also changing her parent's fate.If you could get over these problems, then you could really enjoy the film on a decent level. If you're a purist of the novel and the 1984 version, then you are going to spend all of your time picking the film apart. The saving grace is the 6 boys. They don't know the real story behind Rainbird, that they could possibly end up in the same situation as Charlie.

Raekami This movie was indeed interested and well done, but as far as a sequel to the original movie in 1984, it was pitiful.Acting was great, but the storyline didn't even come close to the idea Stephen King gave to the movie world.Everything was different. From beginning to end. People who have read the book and seen the first movie with Drew Barrymore as Charlie will probably agree with me.I still say it's a good movie, just not a decent sequel.I say watch it, but don't go into it expecting it to be a sequel. Approach it as a whole other movie. If you have that approach in mind, you may enjoy it.Oh, and in response to a comment I read at some point about this movie.Firestarters or Pyrokinetics (if one does research) are known to unintentionally turn things into cripsy critters when they get excited or upset. So when Charlie burns the alley because of getting sexually aroused, it's not ridiculous. It's actually pretty true to the facts about pyrokinesis.And here is where I bring a close to my little comment.If you're into the supernatural and things like that, see it. If you loved the Stephen King book, and the first movie, don't look at this as it's sequel. You will be severely disappointed.