the film start out very slowly and with the lifestyle of wallace napalm and an attendant at a photo service drop off station . his wife have be restrict to her home with an ankle bracelet a the result of a sentence for arson . wallace be a member of the volunteer fire department and and take firefighting seriously . a we watch wallace rather dull life proceeding and suddenly there come something new and jarring represent a travel carnival come to town . one of it star be wild napalm and wallace brother . he a clown and but he have a special talent . so do wallace . theyre both pyrokineticists or pyrotics and people capable of start fire through mental energy . wallace keep his power secret while wild let his acquaintance know what he can do . spoiler represent some of their difference go back to a childhood incident where they inadvertently cause the death of a vagrant . wallace hold back from use his power while wilder want to go public on national tv . complicate the matter and wilder want wallace wife and whom they both date year earlier . she become a bone of contention and and become one of the reason that the brother finally have a literal firefight . the film be entertain and but not laugh out loud funny . i think enough of it to have a copy in my library . it a good offbeat film .