The Accountant : Movie Review
The gift of being different seems to be the primary theme of the movies I've watched of late. 'The Accountant' touches on a similar origin story but in a very different way.
Ben Affleck in his current hot-bod plays Christian Wolff, a socially awkward accountant who is a mathematical genius and an exceptionally talented man. His autism works for his benefit in developing his skills as a martial artist and a sharp-shooter. The character is well developed, with plenty of flashbacks to his father, played by Robert C. Treveiler, an army man whose work makes him shift from base-to-base around the world. After Chris' mother leaves them, he, his younger brother and their father truly assume the role of a bad-ass family. Their father believes that Chris' autism does not need a safe environment for him to learn how to deal with the outside world, as there are no safe environments in real life. Throughout, the younger brother plays the role of loyalist, being with family through thick and thin, being a pillar for his older brother, not as gifted in talent, but survived the same training regime.
Chris maintains the cover of being a small-time CPA while being a freelance accountant for some of the world's most dangerous criminal organisations. But he is now under the scanner of the head of the US Treasury Department's Crime Enforcement Division, Ray King ( well played by J.K. Simmons) who is about to retire soon and would like to bring in Wolff as his last success.
The mild-mannered sharpshooting accountant is persuaded by his handler, who appears to be the only person he trusts, to take on a low-risk assignment, legitimate client for a change. A junior accounting clerk (Anna Kendricks) in a state-of-the-art robotics company discovered a discrepancy involving tens of millions of dollars. The company hires Chris to identify the leaks, but as he gets closer to the truth, more and more bad guys seem to get involved and the accountant is ready to take them down, with his trusty sniper rifle that fires anti-aircraft rounds.
The film was a lot better than I expected from what I saw in the trailers, The characters are well developed and a decent plot keeps the story fast paced with enough humour (thanks Anna) in between the flashbacks and hot action shootouts. But the film suffers from the same problem as many of its contemporaries, a weak ending that does not do justice to the first 100 minutes of the story. I'd also point out that while there was nothing wrong with it, but I do wish they had left room to develop the characters played by Jefferey Tambor and John Lithgow.
It is still a decent watch, especially if you're a fan of Affleck and like the idea of a meek looking accountant being a bad-ass vigilante. I'd rate it 7 out of 10 tacos, deducting points for the ending, but I'd recommend that you watch it in a cinema with the best available sound system. I saw it in a theatre that was equipped with Dolby Atmos sound systems, and the sound of that .50 calibre rifle being fired was quite spectacular and added to the viewing experience.
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Ben Affleck in his current hot-bod plays Christian Wolff, a socially awkward accountant who is a mathematical genius and an exceptionally talented man. His autism works for his benefit in developing his skills as a martial artist and a sharp-shooter. The character is well developed, with plenty of flashbacks to his father, played by Robert C. Treveiler, an army man whose work makes him shift from base-to-base around the world. After Chris' mother leaves them, he, his younger brother and their father truly assume the role of a bad-ass family. Their father believes that Chris' autism does not need a safe environment for him to learn how to deal with the outside world, as there are no safe environments in real life. Throughout, the younger brother plays the role of loyalist, being with family through thick and thin, being a pillar for his older brother, not as gifted in talent, but survived the same training regime.
Chris maintains the cover of being a small-time CPA while being a freelance accountant for some of the world's most dangerous criminal organisations. But he is now under the scanner of the head of the US Treasury Department's Crime Enforcement Division, Ray King ( well played by J.K. Simmons) who is about to retire soon and would like to bring in Wolff as his last success.
The mild-mannered sharpshooting accountant is persuaded by his handler, who appears to be the only person he trusts, to take on a low-risk assignment, legitimate client for a change. A junior accounting clerk (Anna Kendricks) in a state-of-the-art robotics company discovered a discrepancy involving tens of millions of dollars. The company hires Chris to identify the leaks, but as he gets closer to the truth, more and more bad guys seem to get involved and the accountant is ready to take them down, with his trusty sniper rifle that fires anti-aircraft rounds.
The film was a lot better than I expected from what I saw in the trailers, The characters are well developed and a decent plot keeps the story fast paced with enough humour (thanks Anna) in between the flashbacks and hot action shootouts. But the film suffers from the same problem as many of its contemporaries, a weak ending that does not do justice to the first 100 minutes of the story. I'd also point out that while there was nothing wrong with it, but I do wish they had left room to develop the characters played by Jefferey Tambor and John Lithgow.
It is still a decent watch, especially if you're a fan of Affleck and like the idea of a meek looking accountant being a bad-ass vigilante. I'd rate it 7 out of 10 tacos, deducting points for the ending, but I'd recommend that you watch it in a cinema with the best available sound system. I saw it in a theatre that was equipped with Dolby Atmos sound systems, and the sound of that .50 calibre rifle being fired was quite spectacular and added to the viewing experience.
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