Keith Thomas directed the science fiction horror film ‘Firestarter.’ It is a reboot of the 1984 film of the same name and an adaptation of author Stephen King’s 1980 novel of the same name. Charlie McGee, a young girl with pyrokinesis, is forced to flee with her father, Andy, while a wicked government group attempts to acquire and control Charlie’s powers.

As the story progresses, Andy teaches Charlie how to control her powers as dangers to the father-daughter duo mount. If you saw the film, you’re probably curious about the film’s explosive ending. In that case, here’s all you need to know about ‘Firestarter’s’ ending. WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD!

Synopsis of the Firestarter Plot

The film begins with Andrew “Andy” McGee (Zac Efron) and Victoria “Vicky” Tomlinson-McGee (Sydney Lemmon) discovering that their newborn daughter has pyrokinetic skills. Andy and Vicky were participants in Lot 6, an experimental drug trial, according to flashback scenes. The effects of the medication bestowed upon the duo superhuman abilities. Andy is a telepath who utilizes “the push” to persuade people to obey his directions. Vicky has telekinetic abilities and can manipulate objects with her mind. Their daughter, Charlie, was born with the abilities.

Charlie (Ryan Kiera Armstrong) is a troubled adolescent who fights to control her powers years later. Charlie gets bullied by two lads at school one day and feels her powers overpower her. She hides in the restroom, but uses a pyrokinetic explosion to blow up the stall. The school officials contact Andy and Vicky to discuss the problem. Following the incident, Andy and Vicky reveal to Charlie the source of her powers.

Fearing that the government group Department of Scientific Intelligence (DIS), sometimes known as “the Shop,” will come seeking for Charlie, Charlie’s parents plan a strategy. However, an argument causes Charlie to injure Vicky. Captain Hollister, the DIS’s chief, dispatches bounty hunter John Rainbird to locate down and apprehend Charlie. Rainbird strikes and kills Vicky when Andy and Charlie are away.

When Andy and Charlie arrive, they discover Vicky’s death, which causes Charlie to lose control of her abilities. She assaults Rainbird with a massive fireball. Rainbird narrowly escapes, while Andy and Charlie flee. Andy and Charlie seek refuge at the home of an elderly man. Andy decides to teach Charlie how to handle her abilities because that was Vicky’s dying wish. Andy, on the other hand, warns Charlie not to use her skills to harm others. However, as the Shop makes concerted efforts to apprehend Charlie, the young girl must mature and learn to control her abilities.

Is Charlie Captured at the End of Firestarter? Is Andy still alive?

In the third act, the old guy, Irv, learns from a news broadcast that Andy and Charlie are wanted criminals. Charlie utilizes her abilities to persuade Irv that they are nice people. Irv has already phoned the authorities, who arrive immediately. Rainbird kills Andy and Charlie before the cops can discover them. Andy confronts Rainbird, allowing Charlie to flee. He utilizes the shove to throw Rainbird off balance, allowing Charlie to retreat into the woods. Andy, on the other hand, gets kidnapped by the Shop.

Charlie spends a few days alone in the woods before getting a telepathic message from Andy summoning her to the Shop’s headquarters to rescue him. Charlie uses her pyrokinetic abilities, as well as those of her parents, to gain access to the highly secure institution. The communication, however, turned out to be a trap put up to capture Charlie. Hollister tries to persuade Charlie to surrender by using a tortured Andy as bait.

Andy uses his remaining strength to use the push one last time and directs Charlie to burn down the institution, not wanting his daughter to become an experiment rat. Charlie, outraged, burns down the facility while expertly utilizing her skills and escapes alive. In the process, she murders Hollister and several other Shop employees. Andy, like Hollister, is burned to death.

Nonetheless, Andy makes a sacrifice to protect his daughter’s survival. Andy’s death eventually motivates Charlie to take down the corrupt government organization. While under the influence of her father’s powers, the young girl violates the rule of not injuring anyone. Finally, she is overwhelmed and distressed by her deeds. Charlie’s emotions, on the other hand, no longer affect her powers, and she has perfect control over them.

Rainbird’s Assistance to Charlie

John Rainbird is the film’s main antagonist and a Shop agent. At the opening of the film, he has taken a self-imposed retirement after Captain Hollister’s predecessor mistreats him. However, Hollister persuades him to accept the task of apprehending Charlie. Rainbird, like the little girl, possesses extraordinary skills. He is one of the original Lot 6 drug test volunteers and possesses telekinetic powers. Rainbird pursues Charlie for the most of the film, but has a change of heart near the end.

Charlie stumbles encounters a bunch of operatives in fireproof jackets during her dramatic escape from the Shop’s facility. Charlie is in a precarious predicament because her talents have no effect on the agents. Rainbird, on the other hand, intervenes and kills the agents, saving Charlie. Rainbird’s dramatic change of heart is foreshadowed in his connection with Vicky. Vicky informs Rainbird that Charlie is not like the other Lot 6 superpowered folks. The film also indicates discreetly that the subjects of Lot 6 have a spiritual connection.

As a result, Rainbird most likely sees Charlie as the savior of those like him who have been mistreated and abused by the government. As a result, he resolves to assist Charlie in escaping. Charlie initially intends to kill Rainbird in order to revenge her mother’s death. She does, however, spare him and flees the facility. The scene shows that Charlie has a spiritual connection to Rainbird as well. Rainbird eventually meets Charlie at the beach. Rainbird carries Charlie away at the end of the film, becoming her guardian and protector. The ending is a dramatic change from the original, but it assures Charlie’s safety.