Playing with Fire

A crew of rugged firefighters meet their match when attempting to rescue three rambunctious kids.

Cast

John Cena

as Jake “Soup” Carson

Keegan-Michael Key

as Mark

John Leguizamo

as Rodrigo

Tyler Mane

as Axe

Brianna Hildebrand

as Brynn

Christian Convery

as Will

Finley Rose Slater

as Zoey

Judy Greer

as Dr. Amy Hicks

Dennis Haysbert

as Commander Richards

Daniel Cudmore

as Burly Smoke Jumper #1

Reviews

SWITCH.

Paramount has proved themselves with ‘Instant Family’ and this year's ‘Dora and the Lost City of Gold’, showing they can really work some magic and create really funny, wholesome, heartwarming live action family films, and ‘Playing with Fire’ could have been in that bunch if it wasn’t so cheap and d...

JPV852

Perfectly harmless movie squarely aimed at kids, but I did manage to chuckle a few times even with the overacting. Also helps that I do genuinely like the cast, John Cena and Keegan-Michael Key. Nothing I'd be keen on watching again, but still was an okay time-waster. **2.75/5**...

Kamurai

Decent watch, probably won't watch again, and can only recommend for younger audiences. Nickelodeon has done some weird things, and putting together this cast is one of them. It's a great cast, but it's not really what I could consider a kid's movie cast. I don't think any kids would know Den...

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