Stephen King's story gets a once over but very little more as this adaptation is all about the fireworks. But once it's time for that ... hooboy, do things heat up plenty fast. George C. Scott is a smoothly contemptible villain as well.
This review of Firestarter (1984) was written by Sam M on 28 Mar 2017.
Firestarter has generally received mixed reviews.
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