The Adam Project (2022)

Cast includes:
CHARACTER	ACTOR/ACTRESS	RATING
Adam Reed	Ryan Reynolds
Young Adam Reed	Walker Scobell	½
Louis Reed	Mark Ruffalo	½
Ellie Reed	Jennifer Garner	½
Maya Sorian	Catherine Keener	½
Laura Shane	Zoe Saldaña
Christos	Alex Mallari Jr.	½

Review

Time-travelling fighter pilot Ryan Reynolds crash-lands in 2022 and must get help from his 12-year-old self (Walker Scobell) in order to resume and complete a complex mission. Alternate timestreams, super-villainous antagonists, and video-game-ish dogfights ensue – none of which ever feel relevant or spirited. They're just there to fulfill genre conventions without copying previous entries all too blatantly. Back to the Future this is not. But if you're willing to sit through the action cliches, The Adam Project rewards you with some fine interpersonal drama between the young and grown-up Adam, their mother (Jennifer Garner) and their deceased dad (Mark Ruffalo). Young Walker Scobell is a gem, he's like an adolescent version of Reynolds, and the quips and banter between them are just as funny as the affection they share is heartfelt.