![]() Sure enough, she’s starting to lose control and her parents (who send her to public school every day where she’s bullied constantly) somehow have no idea why she’s having so much difficulty keeping her anxiety in check. Her parents Andy (Zac Efron) and Vicky (Sydney Lemmon, “Velvet Buzzsaw”) also have psychic powers - he can psychically “push” people to do whatever he wants, she can move objects telekinetically - but they have to hide their secret abilities for fear of discovery from “The Shop,” a mysterious organization that gave them their powers in a clandestine drug experiment.Ībout a third of “Firestarter” is dedicated to Andy and Vicky trying to keep Charlie’s powers under wraps, asking their daughter to repress her emotions for fear of uncontrollably explosive outbursts, as though one doesn’t inevitably lead to the other. Ryan Kiera Armstrong (“Black Widow”) stars as Charlie McGee, a young girl with a big secret: She can make fire with her mind. The new “Firestarter” is a lot like the old “Firestarter,” if the old “Firestarter” was duller, cheaper, and devoid of almost all meaning. One can only applaud the new filmmakers for casting indigenous actor Michael Greyeyes in the Rainbird role, but somehow the improvements stop there. There was certainly room for improvement. Needless to say, remaking “Firestarter” is not, in itself, such a bad idea. The 1984 original, starring a young Drew Barrymore as a pyrokinetic child, has some impressive visual effects, but it’s narratively thin, thematically clunky, and marred by the offensive casting of George C. Lester’s “Firestarter” is hardly the most celebrated. Of all the Stephen King adaptations, Mark L.
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