A man crash-lands back into his own childhood in The Adam Project, forced to team up with the very kid he used to be to fix a mistake that has already rewritten his future.
What is The Adam Project about?
Ryan Reynolds plays a pilot who travels back through time seeking out his thirteen-year-old self for help, an unlikely partnership that mixes sci-fi mechanics with a story about a father, a son, and the gap of years between them. Along the way the pair have to reckon with family members from earlier and later points in the same timeline, forcing both versions of the character to confront choices neither one made alone. The film moves fast, leaning on its time-travel premise for both its action set pieces and its more grounded family scenes.
About the cast
Ryan Reynolds and Walker Scobell share the lead, playing the same character at two different ages opposite each other. Mark Ruffalo, Jennifer Garner, Zoe Saldana, and Catherine Keener fill out the family and supporting roles, with Alex Mallari Jr. and Braxton Bjerken also appearing in the cast.
Context & significance
Director Shawn Levy builds the film around a straightforward science-fiction hook — an adult meeting his younger self — and uses it to tell a story about grief, absent fathers, and the kind of advice a person might only be ready to hear from someone who already lived through it. The genre elements stay light enough that the family stakes remain the throughline rather than a subplot bolted onto an action framework.
Watching The Adam Project on Ktime
The Adam Project is available on K-Time with Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles, giving Farsi-speaking viewers a choice in how they watch. Streaming requires only a free K-Time account; the film's page can be browsed without signing in. K-Time's Farsi interface is built for the Iranian diaspora, making family-friendly sci-fi titles like this one easy to find alongside the rest of the library.