The Adam Project

 Lazy sunday afternoon, so movie time for me and Noshi.

And we opted to go and watch The Adam Project on Netflix, a family movie we read good things about.

And with a cast of Ryan Reynolds, Zoe Saldana (there is an awesome Star Trek joke involving her at the end of the movie) and Mark Ruffalo, this might be okay!

Adam Reed is a time agent that wants to get back to 2018 in order to find his missing wife.  But he is prohibited to do so, and his timejet gets damaged in the attempt, stranding him in 2022 instead.  Here he meets his 12 year old self, a year after their father died in a car accident and still trying to cope with the loss.

This leads to him being a smartmouthed kid, but a smart one that quickly figures out what is happening.  He learns from his older self that in order to save the timeline, timetravel must be erased from history / future.  In order to be able to do so, they need to get to 2018 and destroy the particle accelerator their father build, and which will be taken over by his business partner to rule the world in 2050.

They manage to escape from the people hunting them, and safely arrive in 2018.  But the enemy has followed them, and after meeting, and convincing, their father, the trio sets out to wipe the hard drive of the machine.  Interference however leads to the machine destroying itself, but in doing so repairing the timeline as it was intended to go.

An easy on the eye, amusing without being downright funny, family film indeed, with some lovely touching moments, some great effects and an okay story (though, holes in the plot!).  Truly a lazy sunday afternoon Netflix flick as such.