HipsterZOMBIEJoint Movie Review: The Adam Project

Director Shawn Levy and Ryan Reynolds team up again after last year’s gaming comedy “Free Guy” for the Netflix scifi thriller, “The Adam Project.”

It stars Ryan Reynolds, Walker Scobell, Mark Ruffalo, Jennifer Garner, Catherine Keener, and Zoe Saldaña. The plot follows a pilot from the future who goes back in time and encounters his younger self.

Scobell who plays the younger Reynolds has incredible comedic timing and have you really believing he is a younger version of Reynolds.

In a (later revealed to be) dystopian 2050, fighter pilot Adam Reed steals his time jet and escapes through time on a rescue mission to 2018. However, he accidentally crash-lands in 2022 instead where Adam meets his 12-year-old self who is struggling with the recent death of their father Louis in a car accident. Adam reluctantly enlists his younger self’s help to repair his jet and reveals that he is looking for his wife, Laura, who was supposedly killed in a crash while on a mission to 2018.

Adam is being chased by Maya Sorian, the leader of the dystopian world and her lieutenant Christos who attempt to apprehend Adam and take him back to 2050. The Adams are rescued by Laura who reveals that she had escaped an assassination attempt on her and was left stranded in the past. Laura had learned that Sorian had traveled back in time and altered the past in order to give herself control of time travel and the future.

Laura urges Adam to travel back to 2018 and destroy time travel, which was created by his father Louis, in order to set things right and save the future. Sorian attacks and Laura sacrifices herself so that the two Adams can escape. Chased by Sorian and with only enough power left for one time jump, Adam and his younger self jump back to 2018 to find their father and stop time travel from ever happening.

Netflix continues to impress with its big budget cinematic look and impressive lineup of stars they get to headline their projects. Of course Reynolds charm shines in anything he is in, but it’s Jennifer Garner’s thankless role as his widowed mother that brings some emotional weight to the film.

Now back to the action, this film has some spectacular action set pieces. Namely the assault on Adam’s childhood home which is a highlight of the film.

All in all The Adam Project is fun science fiction thriller that doesn’t try to be more than what it is which is just a fun popcorn family friendly film you can enjoy.

Recommended viewing.