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[10/15, 22:27] SKILL INDIA: The Adam Project is a 2022 American science fiction action
comedy film co-produced by Skydance Media, Maximum Effort, and 21 Laps Entertainment. It
was directed by Shawn Levy from a screenplay written by Jonathan Tropper, T.S. Nowlin, Jennifer Flackett and Mark Levin. The movie stars Ryan Reynolds, Walker Scobell, Addison
Tusing, Mark Ruffalo, Jennifer Garner, Catherine Keener and Zoe Saldaña.Directed by
Shawn Levy
Written by
Jonathan Tropper
T.S. Nowlin
Jennifer Flackett
Mark Levin
Produced by
David Ellison
Dana Goldberg
Don Granger
Shawn Levy
Ryan Reynolds
Starring
Ryan Reynolds
Walker Scobell
Mark Ruffalo
Jennifer Garner
Catherine Keener
Zoe Saldaña
Cinematography
Tobias Schliessler
Edited by
Dean Zimmerman
Jonathan Corn
Music by
Rob Simonsen
Production
companies
Skydance
Maximum Effort
21 Laps Entertainment
Distributed by
Netflix
Release date
March 9, 2022
Running time
106 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget $116 million
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 Adam Project began a limited “one night only” theatrical
release on March 9, 2022 followed by its digital release on Netflix on March 11. The film
received mixed reviews with praise for the performances, action sequences, visual effects, and
its inspiration from movies of the 1980s, as well as criticism for the writing and storyline.In a
dystopian 2050, fighter pilot Adam Reed steals a time jet to escape to 2018 to save his wife,
Laura. In the process, he gets injured and crash-lands in 2022. Following the death of his father
Louis a year previously, a 12-year-old Adam is bullied at school, gets suspended for fighting in
school, and is distant from his mother Ellie.

When he is home alone one night, he finds the
injured future Adam. The younger Adam refuses to trust the stranger, but future Adam
inadvertently mentions the names of both the younger Adam and his dog, Hawking. The
younger Adam soon realizes that the stranger in front of him is his future self.
Due to a safety feature preventing him from flying because of his injuries, Adam must bring
along the younger Adam and use his DNA to enter 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,
who had faked her death and stayed off-grid in an unknown location. After surviving the attack
and comparing notes, Laura and the Adams realize that after the invention of time travel by
Louis and his subsequent death, Sorian had monopolized the discovery. During her visit to
2018, Laura learned Sorian frequently came and advised her past self in order to secure her
future wealth and power. To protect her secret, Sorian ordered Laura’s death. Although Laura
survived the assassination attempt, destruction of her time jet left her stranded in the past. The
sudden arrival of Sorian’s goons interrupts the reunion, and Laura fights off the attack long
enough for the two Adams to escape to 2018.
In 2018, the Adams meet Louis in an attempt to enlist his help, but their father refuses any
assistance out of concern for the effect on the time stream. That night, Sorian meets and warns
her past self about Adam. Meanwhile, the Adams share their common feelings about their father
in a motel. The next day, they both set off to destroy the time travel machine. 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 guide them. Louis reveals that destroying the
machine will not destroy time travel as long as Sorian has his algorithm with all the math and
constraints to control the process. Meanwhile, 2050 Sorian captures the younger Adam.

Although Louis and 2050 Adam remove a memory unit with the algorithm, both Sorians arrive
and threaten 2022 Adam as leverage to coerce Louis into surrendering the algorithm. 2050
Adam stalls and allows 2022 Adam to escape from Sorian by pushing her gun away, but an
errant bullet 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 Louis. Adam warns that her bullets are armor-piercing, but Louis remains adamant.
Seeing no other way, Sorian shoots at Louis, but the path of the bullet is altered by the electromagnetic field and hits 2018 Sorian instead, killing her and wiping both Sorians out of
existence.
The Reeds barely manage to escape the facility’s implosion and reach home, where they
reconcile by playing a game of catch before the Adams return to their respective times. In 2022,
the younger Adam lives in a new timeline where he never got suspended, has let go of his
anger, and gives his mother a hug via an “echo”. Sometime in the future, an older and much
happier Adam meets Laura during a flight training lecture where she realizes, to Adam’s
amusement, she has entered the wrong building on the campus. Adam offers to walk her to her
building, stating that he has got time, and they depart together.

Cast- Ryan Reynolds as Adam Reed (2050), a time pilot who risks his life to try and uncover the
truth behind his wife’s disappearance.
Walker Scobell as 12-year-old Adam (2022), a bullied, asthmatic sixth grader.
Isaiah Haegert as 8-year-old Adam (2018).
Mark Ruffalo as Louis Reed, Adam’s father and a brilliant quantum physicist who wrote the
algorithm necessary for controlled time travel. Reed died in 2021 in a car accident, and Adam
still suffers from depression.
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.
Ben Wilkinson as Derek, Ellie’s new boyfriend.