Firestarter review

May 14, 2022•83 words

Cody Carpenter's score walks through a movie that in all honesty should have stayed in 1984. Conceptually there is a lot to like in the movie but in 2022 we have seen it all before and seen it done better. Stagger things meets the suicide squad in what felt rushed, and oddly boring remake. I wanted to like this but it just didn't grab me the way it could have. I just can't recommend Firestarter, given more time it could have been great.

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