Firestarter

With Stephen King becoming box office gold again after the hit remake of It!

Hollywood has decided to remake his back catalogue. Firestarter is the retread of the 1984 film starring Drew Barrymore.

Andy (Zac Efron) and Vicky (Sydney Lemmon) are living a shadowy existence off grid with their young daughter Charlie who has powers of pyrokinesis which is triggered when she is angry.

Her parents also have special powers and when they were students they were experimented on by a sinister government agency. They know that one day they will come after Charlie.

This is a competent, cheap, no thrills rehash. The basic plot outline of King's novel remains. It is also dull and plodding. The special effects are better but it lacks imagination.