The Accountant
(2016) Directed by Gavin O´Connor
Ben Affleck plays
Christian Wolff a high-functioning autistic man with an incredible ability to
work
with numbers. But he´s more than that, he also has the skills of a master assassin.
Mr. Wolff works for all kinds of illegal enterprises handling their books, no matter where he goes, there's simply no job too unclean or any employer too dangerous for him not to find the missing money.
with numbers. But he´s more than that, he also has the skills of a master assassin.
Mr. Wolff works for all kinds of illegal enterprises handling their books, no matter where he goes, there's simply no job too unclean or any employer too dangerous for him not to find the missing money.
As a young boy
he gets trained by his father to defend himself because he was afraid he would
be bullied and treated as different.
Christian is later hired by a robotics company to delve into their books, trying to find their inconsistency that was noted. He is aided by a young bookkeeper named Dana Cummings.
People start dying, he starts to realize that his life is in danger now, is on the run from the killers and trying to figure out who is behind it all meanwhile Special agent Ray King from the Treasure Department is serching for him.
The past is something that is important in this film because it moves back and forth in time quite often showing his childhood as a young boy learning to deal with his autism that is a
daily part of his life and then him as an adult.
People start dying, he starts to realize that his life is in danger now, is on the run from the killers and trying to figure out who is behind it all meanwhile Special agent Ray King from the Treasure Department is serching for him.
The past is something that is important in this film because it moves back and forth in time quite often showing his childhood as a young boy learning to deal with his autism that is a
daily part of his life and then him as an adult.
The combination
of writing, directing, acting and more make for a riveting thriller that holds
you
captivated until the credits begin to roll. Affleck does an amazing job as Christian displaying his
abilities as an actor when it comes to showing the autistic side of his character and then switching up
to the action sequences smoothly showing the other side of the character.
I understand if people would find the secondary plot a bit messy cause switches a few tones but i was fully engage in it.
captivated until the credits begin to roll. Affleck does an amazing job as Christian displaying his
abilities as an actor when it comes to showing the autistic side of his character and then switching up
to the action sequences smoothly showing the other side of the character.
I understand if people would find the secondary plot a bit messy cause switches a few tones but i was fully engage in it.
The romance
between Christian and Dana didn´t work much for me and sometimes like i said before there is too many plots happen at
the same time and they could have removed some characters but for the most part it
works fluid.
What caught me most off-guard was that it toomed it´s time to tell it´s story more slowly, not slow-paced but took a surprising time to flesh out is characters which is a positive from me!
What caught me most off-guard was that it toomed it´s time to tell it´s story more slowly, not slow-paced but took a surprising time to flesh out is characters which is a positive from me!
Rating 8/10
