Adam Fierce is the main antagonist of 2002 thriller fiction movie Irreplaceable, he is Damon's older brother who is envious and desires to have the younger brother's life, including his own girlfriend, Mandy.
He is portrayed by Adrien Brody.
Biography[]
Adam is a 21 year old psychology student of Denver University that returns home in Pasadena in California during spring break week, where he is welcomed by Damon and the family who are happy with his return. At dinner, Adam tells stories from college, about parties, and this fascinates Damon, Adam says that Damon is a lucky guy for having gotten a girlfriend and who is trying his luck at fraternity parties with girls.
Friday after school, Damon and Mandy go out to have ice cream at the mall, the night comes and they go to Damon's house and they take a dip in the pool and swim. Mandy confesses to Damon that she wants to lose her virginity with him because she watched it in American Pie and She's All That. Damon also expresses his desire to lose his virginity with his girlfriend and asks if Mandy is ready for it. They kiss almost having sex, when suddenly they are interrupted by Adam. He approaches the edge of the pool and asks if he came to see if they were okay. Damon and Mandy feel flustered and uncomfortable and get out of the pool.
The next day, in the kitchen, Damon talks to Adam about what he saw last night at the pool and confesses to his older brother that he was trying to lose his virginity with Mandy. Adam also apologizes to Damon and gives him advice about the first time and what girls like. He drops a hint to his younger brother, who doesn't notice anything.
Mandy's family invites Damon's entire family to lunch at their house. At lunch, Adam approaches Mandy and begins to gain her trust. The two begin to get closer, and Adam invites Mandy to ride in the car with him. Little by little, Adam begins to get closer to Mandy's family and thus manipulates everyone, including Mandy herself, against Damon.
Adam found out from their parents the after party after a water polo competition that Damon will have, Adam found out from his parents who accidentally told him, Adam contacts Jessica Bartley, a college hookup and by phone, she wanna bring together her best friend Rachel Stevens and pays for their trip to California, and they stays in the house of a Adam's school time friend, Dean. He plans to break up Damon and Mandy using Jessica and Rachel where they meets Damon at the after party after a water polo competition. After Jessica and Rachel gets Damon drunk, they takes him to room and sleeps with him, Mandy catches them all together, she and Damon break up and seeks solace in Adam's arms for his happiness and satisfaction.
Adam is blackmailed by Jessica and Rachel, they mention Adam's involvement in the murder of a guy named Alex Bennett a year ago while he was in Denver, But Adam threatens them back by breaking a vase against the table as a demonstration of who tries to mess with him.
As the film progresses, Adam sees Chuck Bass, Damon's best friend, as a threat to his plans, and confronts him directly. An argument ensues between them, Chuck says Adam won't hurt Mandy or Damon and Adam is racist with Chuck, Chuck gives adam a warning and leaves.
Seeing Chuck as a threat, Adam plans to assassinate Chuck with a car accident, but Chuck fortunately survives.
Damon begins to investigate his own brother. When he's in the shower, Damon searches Adam's backpack and finds a gun and photos of Damon with Mandy, with Damon's face scribbled on them, and some with eyes marked with X's, Adam gets out of the shower and Damon confronts him, Adam shows his true colors to Damon, and says that Mandy will be his trophy, just as Damon's life will be his. Damon and he start fighting only to be separated by their parents, Adam plays the victim and blames Damon, Damon's parents punish him.
Later, as the film progresses, Adam shows his true colors to Mandy when he kidnapped her and taked to Dean's house, Adam tries to abuse her. Dean closes the bedroom door, but Mandy manages to escape
Personality[]
Since childhood, Adam has always envied his younger brother Damon, wanting to be like him, and because of that, he grew up hating him for years. He hatched a sinister plan to destroy Damon during the years he was in college.
Adam presents himself as a charismatic and cool guy who likes to party like any typical young person. however, this is a facade to hide their true psychopathic, jealous, narcissit and manipulative nature, Adam becomes obsessed with Mandy and wants to take her away from Damon.
He also shows violent behavior and does not avoid fights most of the time, as he was able to fight with Alex on Friday night in Denver, which resulted in the young man's death.
Known Victims[]
- Alex Bennett - On a Friday night a year ago, beaten and shot dead off-screen by Adam.
- Chuck Bass - Almost dead in a car accident, even ending up in the hospital. Fortunately he survived.
Trivia[]
- An original story would foresee that Irreplaceable would be a nonsensical comedy movie in the style of Scary Movie, titled Dude: Life's Like That. Adam would have a completely different role; he would be the protagonist and would be a 16 years old high school nerd instead of college student of 21. He would be Damon’s adopted brother along with three other brothers who would be included (Ethan, Julian, and Liam). The plot of the movie would be in Denver and not in California, and Adam would be in love with Damon’s girlfriend, Pamela. (since Mandy wouldn't be existed in this universe). Then he would be Chuck’s best friend, and they would be bullied at school by Damon, Dean and Ray. However, due to the offensive comedy, the movie’s plot was discarded along with the characters Pamela, Ray and Damon’s three brothers, and Mandy was created instead, and Dude: Life's Like That was turned into a thriller.
- Denver ended up being Adam's college location since the story was changed to be set in California.