Playing with Fire
Movie2019·US·1h 36min

Playing with Fire

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Premiere
8
Nov2019
Box office×2.32
Budget$30M
Gross$69M
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Playing with Fire (2019) is a family comedy you can watch online on iFILM. Wildfire crew chief Jake Carson runs into a forest blaze without blinking. Then he rescues three stranded kids and learns there's a job no training covers: babysitting.

John Cena plays the granite-jawed Carson, and the whole movie runs on that gag — a slab of muscle who panics the moment a toddler won't nap. His smokejumpers fare no better. Keegan-Michael Key and John Leguizamo lead a team whose spotless station gets wrecked in days, drowned in foam, paint and busted gear. Judy Greer turns up as the wildlife researcher who finally cracks the boss's tough-guy shell.

Director Andy Fickman keeps it broad and harmless, aimed squarely at a night in with the kids. The plot goes exactly where you expect, but a couple of slapstick set-pieces actually land, and Cena is a good sport about being the punchline. Come for an action hero and you'll be disappointed; come for low-stakes family fun and it delivers. Stream Playing with Fire (2019) online on iFILM.

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