The Adam Project (2022)
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A time-traveling pilot from the future must team up with his younger self to stop a villain from controlling the timeline.
The story
In a dystopian 2050, fighter pilot Adam Reed steals a time jet to escape to 2018 to save his wife, Laura, from assassination. During his escape, he is injured and crash-lands in 2022, where he encounters his 12-year-old self. The young Adam has been struggling with the loss of his father and is distant from his mother. The two versions of Adam must navigate their shared history and work together to find Laura and stop a powerful leader from their timeline who has monopolized the discovery of time travel.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
In a dystopian 2050, fighter pilot Adam Reed travels back in time to save his wife, Laura, but crashes in 2022 and meets his 12-year-old self. They team up to find Laura and stop Maya Sorian from monopolizing time travel. After Laura is sacrificed to help them escape, the two Adams travel to 2018 to seek help from Adam's father, Louis Reed. They eventually infiltrate Sorian Technologies to destroy the particle accelerator. During a confrontation, a shot intended for Louis hits the 2018 version of Sorian, erasing the 2050 version from existence. The two Adams return to their respective timelines, where the younger Adam finds peace and the older Adam eventually reunites with Laura.
- First release year
- 2022
- Runtime (minutes)
- 106
- Production countries
- United States
- Original languages
- English
- Directors
- Shawn Levy
- Cast and characters
- Ryan Reynolds · Adam Reed (2050); Walker Scobell · 12-year-old Adam (2022); Mark Ruffalo · Louis Reed; Jennifer Garner · Ellie Reed; Catherine Keener · Maya Sorian; Zoe Saldaña · Laura Shane; Alex Mallari Jr. · Christos; Ben Wilkinson · Derek
- Genres
- science fiction; action; comedy
- Themes
- father-son relationship; mother-son relationship; time travel
- Tone and mood
- action; adventure; comedy
- Premise and plot tags
- time travel; multiverse; dystopia
- Source material / true-story basis
- spec script
- Reception
- The film received generally positive reviews from critics, who praised the performances, action sequences, visual effects, and its inspiration from 1980s movies.
- Reported review scores
- Metacritic · score: 55 · scale: 100 · review count: 48
- Production trivia
- The film was originally titled Our Name Is Adam in 2012.; Tom Cruise was originally attached to star the film.; The film is the third most popular movie on Netflix worldwide, with 157.6 million views in its first 28 days.
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