Firestarter 2: Rekindled
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| Firestarter 2: Rekindled | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Robert Iscove |
| Written by | Stephen King (novel), Philip Eisner |
| Starring | Marguerite Moreau Malcolm McDowell Dennis Hopper Danny Nucci |
| Music by | Randy Miller |
| Release date(s) | 2002 |
| Running time | 168 min. |
| Country | U.S.A. |
| Language | English |
| Preceded by | Firestarter |
Firestarter 2: Rekindled (also known simply as Firestarter: Rekindled) is a 2002 television miniseries and the sequel to the film adaptation of the Stephen King novel Firestarter. It stars Marguerite Moreau, Danny Nucci, Dennis Hopper and Malcolm McDowell.
In the United States, the miniseries was broadcast on the Sci Fi Channel. Originally, the film was supposed to be followed by a television series, but the series never went into production.
[edit] Plot
Many years after the tragic events of the first Firestarter film, Charlie McGee remains on the run from her past. On the road under an assumed name, she lands a job at a university library where she secretly researches to find a way to suppress her pyrokinetic abilities. At the same time, a man named Vincent works for a large influential research firm looking for people involved in a mysterious 1970s experiment as part of a supposed legal settlement. In truth, the corporation is killing off these people to eliminate evidence of past wrong doing. Eventually, he locates the most elusive product of the experiment - Charlie McGee. Together the two uncover the scheme at the corporation and must work together to stop it. On the way, McGee discovers that her nemesis John Rainbird is still alive and that he has a new group of charges in several boys with their own special abilities.
The storyline shares similarities with Akira (anime).
