Director: Nick Lyon, Peter Facinelli
A father's split-second decisions become the difference between life and death when a wildfire turns a quiet countryside drive into a race against time in "On Fire" (2023).
What is On Fire about?
An ordinary family trip unravels when smoke on the horizon becomes an inferno bearing down on the road home. A husband, his pregnant wife, and their son find the highway choked with flame and falling ash, forcing them to abandon the route they know and gamble on side roads, farmland, and the kindness of strangers. Drawing on real wildfire events, the film follows the family through checkpoints, evacuation chaos, and moments where every choice — which direction to drive, when to stop, who to trust — carries life-or-death weight. Along the way they cross paths with other stranded neighbors, each dealing with the same disaster from a different angle, widening the story beyond one household into a portrait of a community caught off guard by nature's speed.
Cast & crew
Peter Facinelli, who also co-directs alongside Nick Lyon, anchors the film as the father determined to get his family out alive, opposite Fiona Dourif as his wife. Asher Angel plays their son, while genre veterans Lance Henriksen and Glenn Morshower round out the supporting cast as figures the family encounters along their escape route.
Context & significance
Released in 2023, "On Fire" arrived amid a wave of climate-disaster thrillers responding to increasingly visible wildfire seasons across the western United States. Rather than leaning on large-scale spectacle, the production keeps its lens tight on one family's ground-level experience, using practical effects and confined vehicle-and-roadside settings to convey scale through proximity rather than budget.
Where & how to watch
"On Fire" is available to watch on K-Time with a free account login, presented with a Farsi-friendly interface and both Persian dubbing and subtitles for viewers who prefer either option. No special setup is needed beyond signing in — just search the title and press play.