The read
Audiences rate it 26 points higher than critics do. Most of the 385 1990s fantasy movies in this catalog score higher.
Synopsis
Wilder and Wallace are brothers and pyrokinetics. Ever since childhood they've been able to start fires with their minds but following a tragedy in which they accidentally killed a man, the brothers have grown up very differently. Wilder has become a regular 9-5 workaday joe but Wallace performs his feats with a traveling circus. When the circus comes to Wilder's home town Wallace starts coming on strong to Wilder's wife, Vida who, ironically, is a slight pyromaniac.
Ratings
IMDb5.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes29%
Audiences rate it 26 points higher than critics do.
30 audience votes
Key crew
- Vince GilliganWriter
- Glenn Gordon CaronDirector
- Michael KamenOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Debra WingerVida
- Dennis QuaidWallace
- Arliss HowardWilder
- M. Emmet WalshFire Chief
- Jim VarneyRex
- Mimi LieberSnake Lady
- Marvin J. McIntyreDeputy Sheriff Spivey
- Justin LaBlancYoung Wilder
- Lance Lee BaxleyYoung Wallace
- Peter WillieHorace Braintree
- Daniel HagenHarrison
- Eric WhitmoreMaurice
Stills
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Themes
dark fantasy