“On Fire” (** out of four) was a serviceable melodrama about a family (Peter Facinelli, Fiona Dourif, Lance Henriksen, and others) whose wilderness home is displaced by a gigantic wildfire that threatens to engulf the area and they have to put aside their differences to stay together and stay alive. Sincere performances are hindered by cheesy visual effects and flimsy script. Facinelli also co-directed after original director Nick Lyon fell ill with COVID; despite his best efforts, this is unlikely to light much of a “fire” to his career.

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