Firestarter 2: Rekindled (2002) (TV)

User Rating:

5.0/10   

Director:

Robert Iscove

Writers (WGA):

Stephen King (novel)
Philip Eisner (written by)

Release Date:

10 March 2002 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Tagline:

Little Charlie's all grown up... and setting the town on fire!

Plot:

Charlie McGee is a young woman with the unwanted and often uncontrollable gift of pyrokinesis, lighting fires by mere thought...

Plot Keywords:

Young Boy | Child | Children | Pyrokinesis | Fire

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Marguerite Moreau	...	Charlene "Charlie" McGee
Malcolm McDowell	...	John Rainbird
Dennis Hopper	...	James Richardson
Danny Nucci	...	Vincent Sforza
Skye McCole Bartusiak	...	Young Charlie McGee
John Dennis Johnston	...	Joel Lowen
Darnell Williams	...	Gil
Ron Perkins	...	Special Agent Pruitt
Deborah Van Valkenburgh	...	Mary Conant
Dan Byrd	...	Paul
Travis Charitan	...	Cody
Scotty Cox	...	Andrew (as Scott E. Cox)
Emmett Shoemaker	...	Edward
Devon Alan	...	Max
Eric Jacobs	...	Jack

Also Known As:

Firestarter: Part 2 (USA) (working title)
Firestarter: Rekindled (USA) (cable TV title)
Firestarter: The Next Chapter (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

168 min | Argentina:170 min | Finland:180 min (4 parts) (TV version) | Finland:169 min (DVD)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Finland:K-15 | South Korea:15 | Netherlands:16 | Argentina:16 | Australia:M | France:-12 | Germany:16 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Ogden, Utah, USA

Company:

USA Films

Quotes:

Vincent Sforza: It... it hurts.
Charlie McGee: Oh, yeah? Well, love hurts. It's not all happy and sweet. And it's always the people you love that hurt you the most.
Vincent Sforza: Did Rainbird teach you that?

Movie Connections:

Follows Firestarter (1984)

An amazingly well-done, tense, & action-filled follow-up!

FIRESTARTER II is probably the best TV movie sequel I have ever seen. Admittedly, it's not saying much, but FIRESTARTER II actually outdoes the original 1984 film in all aspects of suspense, FX, and well-drawn characters. The cast is excellent, and though it's four hours total (I received an advanced screener copy before it's 2-night debut on the sci-fi channel), the pace of the film is so quick it comes off much shorter. In all, the film is just a lot of fun, especially with the addition of sexual tension between Charlie McGee (Marguerite Moreau) and John Rainbird (Malcom McDowell), and the creepy little children of the new experiment. Definitely breaths new life into the ho-hum original film.