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A Balasaur Score of 37 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 4.6/10, Rotten Tomatoes 10%, Metacritic 32/100. Audiences rate it 14 points higher than critics do. Most of the 2,253 2020s horror movies in this catalog score higher. Streaming on Netflix.
Synopsis
For more than a decade, parents Andy and Vicky have been on the run, desperate to hide their daughter Charlie from a shadowy federal agency that wants to harness her unprecedented gift for creating fire into a weapon of mass destruction. Andy has taught Charlie how to defuse her power, which is triggered by anger or pain. But as Charlie turns 11, the fire becomes harder and harder to control. After an incident reveals the family's location, a mysterious operative is deployed to hunt down the family and seize Charlie once and for all. Charlie has other plans.
Ratings
Audiences rate it 14 points higher than critics do.
834 audience votes
Key crew
- Cody CarpenterOriginal Music Composer
- Daniel DaviesOriginal Music Composer
- John CarpenterOriginal Music Composer
- Scott TeemsScreenplay
- Keith ThomasDirector
Cast
- Ryan Kiera ArmstrongCharlie McGee
- Zac EfronAndy McGee
- Sydney LemmonVicky McGee
- Kurtwood SmithDr. Joseph Wanless
- Michael GreyeyesRainbird
- Gloria ReubenCaptain Hollister
- John BeasleyIrv Manders
- Tina JungMs. Gardner
- Hannan YounisDarla Gurney
- Gavin MacIver-WrightGavin
- Jeremy FerdmanEyes Man
- Jamillah RossOfficer Pierce
