Firestarter Remake (Blumhouse Products)

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I saw this in theater Friday. Under ten people total. Ouch.

It was underwhelming. Why remake Firestarter? For the spectacle of course! To burn and blow shit up in a cacophony of destruction that wasn't possible in 1984. But this was the more subdued version. Less action, less destruction, Rainbird is a much more generic assassin (despite

[Show spoiler]having some poorly-defined "powers" in this one

), and instead of a beautiful plantation with sinister things underneath, the Shop (I don't even think they use that term) is just a generic concrete bunker. Kirkwood Smith has one scene, that goes nowhere. And I hated the ending:

[Show spoiler] I believe in Tony Stark rules. If someone kills your mom, they're done

.

Zac Efron, and the young lady in the titular role, are good. The Carpenter score is good. It's a mediocre time waster if you have Peacock.