Understanding why "The Adam Project" transcends its otherwise mundane action-adventure trappings requires comprehending the specifics of Ryan Reynolds' intergenerational appeal. That would seem a simple enough task: the man's been a bankable jokester since the runaway popularity of 2016's "Deadpool."
Many of his subsequent roles channel some crumbs of Wade Wilson's snark, including "The Adam Project," his other recent Netflix popcorn flick "Red Notice" and "The Hitman's Bodyguard" movies, both of which cast him as the second banana to bigger box office bosses (Dwayne Johnson and Samuel L. Jackson, respectively).
