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The Adam Project
Promotional release poster
Directed byShawn Levy
Written by
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyTobias Schliessler
Edited by
Music byRob Simonsen
Production
companies
Distributed byNetflix
Release date
  • March 11, 2022 (2022-03-11)
Running time
106 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$116 million[1]

The Adam Project is a 2022 American science fiction adventure film co-produced by Skydance Media, Maximum Effort, and 21 Laps Entertainment, directed by Shawn Levy from a screenplay written by Jonathan Tropper, T.S. Nowlin, Jennifer Flackett, and Mark Levin. It stars Ryan Reynolds, Walker Scobell, Mark Ruffalo, Jennifer Garner, Catherine Keener, and Zoe Saldaña. The plot follows a pilot (Reynolds) from the future, who goes back in time and encounters his younger self (Scobell).

Production on the film first began in 2012 with Tom Cruise attached to star. The film then fell into development hell until Netflix acquired the distribution rights. Filming commenced in November 2020 and wrapped in March 2021. The film was released on Netflix on March 11, 2022 and received mixed to positive reviews.

Plot

In a dystopian 2050, fighter pilot Adam Reed steals a time jet to escape to 2018 to save his wife, Laura Shane. In the process, he gets injured and crash-lands in 2022. The movie then shifts to 12-year-old Adam in 2022, whose father Louis died a year previously. He gets suspended for fighting in school and argues with his mother Ellie. When he is home alone one night, he finds the injured 2050 Adam. The younger Adam refuses to trust the stranger, but the 2050 Adam inadvertently mentions the younger Adam and his dog Hawking by their names. The younger Adam soon realises that the stranger in front of him is his future self.

Adam uses the younger Adam’s DNA to get into his jet. They both are soon attacked by Maya Sorian, the leader of the dystopian world, and her assistant Christos, but are saved by Laura Shane, who had faked her death and stayed off-grid in a secret place. They realise that after the invention of time travel by Louis Reed and his subsequent death, Sorian had monopolised the trade market and when Laura learns that she had been frequently meeting her past self, Sorian attempts to kill Laura and orchestrates her death, leaving her stranded in the past. Sorian again attempts to kill them, but Laura diverts their attention long enough for the Adams to escape to 2018.

In 2018, they see Louis Reed in an attempt to enlist his help, but Louis refuses to help the Adams out of concern for the effect on the time stream. Meanwhile, Sorian meets her past self to warn her about Adam. The Adams share their common feelings about their father that night in a motel. The next day, they both set off to destroy time travel. On arrival at Sorian Technologies, they are attacked by Sorian’s soldiers but are unexpectedly saved by Louis, who has changed his mind and agrees to help them. Louis reveals that destroying the machine does not essentially destroy time travel as long as Sorian has his algorithm, the chief program that contains all the math and constraints required for time travel. Meanwhile, 2050 Sorian traps the younger Adam.

2050 Adam and Louis remove the algorithm, but both Sorians coerce them into giving up the algorithm by using the younger Adam as leverage. Adam escapes from Sorian by pushing her gun away, however this damages the seal restraining the electromagnetic field, causing it to grow to limitless values. The Reeds try as much as they can to stop them, but the older Sorian threatens to kill Adam. Adam warns that the bullets are armor-piercing, but he remains adamant. Seeing no other way, Sorian shoots at Adam, but the bullet deviates and hits the younger Sorian instead, wiping the older Sorian out of existence. The Reeds barely manage to escape the facility and reach home, where they reconcile by playing a game of catch before the Adams are returned to their respective timelines. The 2022 Adam finally reconciles with his mother. Sometime in the future, an older and much happier Adam meets Laura Shane who has entered the wrong building at flight school. Adam asks that he will walk her to her building, stating that he has got time.

Cast

  • Ryan Reynolds as Adam Reed, a time pilot in a dystopian 2050 who risks his life to try and uncover the truth behind his wife's disappearance.
    • Walker Scobell as young Adam Reed, a bullied 12-year-old in 2022 who suffers from asthma.
  • Mark Ruffalo as Louis Reed, Adam's father and a brilliant quantum physicist who wrote the algorithm necessary for controlled time travel. Reed died sometime in 2021 in a car accident, and Adam still suffers from depression over it.
  • Jennifer Garner as Ellie Reed, Adam's mother. Garner also portrays her younger self in 2018.
  • Catherine Keener as Maya Sorian, a businesswoman who funded Louis' research and later took advantage of his death to monopolize it for her own benefit and create a future where she is the most powerful woman in the world.
    • Keener also portrays her younger self through de-aging, with Lucie Guest as her body double.
  • Zoe Saldaña as Laura Shane, Adam's wife and a fellow time pilot left stranded in 2018 after a failed attempt on her life. Saldaña also portrays her alternate version in the changed timeline.
  • Alex Mallari Jr. as Christos, Adam and Laura's former colleague, now a ruthless security enforcer employed by Sorian.

Production

Shawn Levy at the 2017 San Diego Comic-Con International in San Diego, California.
Director and producer Shawn Levy

The project, a spec script written by T.S. Nowlin, was initially announced as Our Name Is Adam in October 2012. Paramount Pictures became interested in acquiring the film, and Tom Cruise was attached to star.[2][3]

The film was revived in July 2020 when it moved to Netflix, with Shawn Levy as director and Ryan Reynolds set to star after previously collaborating on Free Guy (2021), while the latest draft of the script was written by Jonathan Tropper, from previous drafts by Nowlin, Jennifer Flackett and Mark Levin.[4] In November, Jennifer Garner, Zoe Saldana, Mark Ruffalo, Catherine Keener, Alex Mallari Jr. and Walker Scobell were added to the cast.[5][6]

Filming commenced in November 2020 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.[6] Filming officially wrapped in March 2021.[7]

Rob Simonsen composed the score.[8] A track from the film titled "The Adam Project" was released as a single on March 3, 2022.[9]

Release

The film was digitally released on March 11, 2022, on Netflix. It totaled 3 million viewers over its debut weekend.[10]

Reception

The Adam Project received mixed to positive reviews upon release. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 68% of 201 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 6.1/10. The website's consensus reads: "You've seen Ryan Reynolds do this sort of thing before, but The Adam Project offers slickly entertaining – and occasionally even moving – sci-fi action."[11] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 55 out of 100, based on 48 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.[12]

References

  1. ^ Mendelson, Scott (March 15, 2022). "Ryan Reynolds' Adam Project Represents The Conundrum Of Netflix Blockbusters". Forbes. Retrieved March 16, 2022.
  2. ^ Sneider, Jeff (October 17, 2012). "Tom Cruise circling Mary Parent sci-fi project". Variety. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
  3. ^ Fleming, Mike Jr. (October 17, 2012). "Paramount In Talks For Tom Cruise Pic 'Our Name Is Adam,' But Studio Punts Ivan Reitman/Kevin Costner's 'Draft Day'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
  4. ^ D'Alessandro, Anthony (July 23, 2020). "Ryan Reynolds-Shawn Levy Time Travel Project Shifts From Paramount To Netflix". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
  5. ^ Kroll, Justin (November 17, 2020). "Jennifer Garner And Zoe Saldana Joins Ryan Reynolds in 'The Adam Project' For Netflix And Skydance". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
  6. ^ a b Kit, Borys (November 23, 2020). "Mark Ruffalo, Catherine Keener Join Ryan Reynolds in 'The Adam Project' for Skydance, Netflix (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved November 23, 2020.
  7. ^ "Ryan Reynolds Shares The Adam Project Photos of Gamora, Elektra, The Hulk, and Deadpool Stars". ComicBook.com. Retrieved August 15, 2021.
  8. ^ "Rob Simonsen Scoring Shawn Levy's The Adam Project". filmmusicreporter.com. January 11, 2021. Retrieved January 12, 2022.
  9. ^ Anderton, Ethan (March 3, 2022). "Listen To The Emotional Title Track From The Adam Project Score By Composer Rob Simonsen [Exclusive]". /Film. Retrieved March 6, 2022.
  10. ^ D'Alessandro, Anthony (March 24, 2022). "Oscar's Halo Effect On Best Picture Nominees Dims — Not Just At Box Office But On Streaming: A Scorecard". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved March 24, 2022.
  11. ^ "The Adam Project". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved April 17, 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  12. ^ "The Adam Project". Metacritic. Fandom, Inc. Retrieved March 13, 2022.

External links

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