The Accountant
Blu-Ray
Review by Kam Williams
Affleck
Impressive as Accountant-Turned-Assassin in Cloak-and-Dagger Thriller
At
first blush, Christian Wolff (Ben Affleck) looks like your average
CPA. After all, the self-employed nerd plies his trade in a modest
office located in a nondescript strip mall in suburban Plainfield,
Illinois.
The
talented forensic accountant's is apparently very well-suited to the
profession, given that he was born with Aspberger's
Syndrome, a high-functioning form of autism which enabled him
to become something of a math savant. Nevertheless, looks can be very
deceiving, since the mild-mannered loner also has a shadowy side he
is great at keeping under wraps.
Consequently,
no one has any idea that Christian's clients happen to be powerful
mobsters in need of laundering huge sums of cash without attracting
the attention of the authorities. Over the years, he has become
wealthy in his own right by cooking the books for crooks while
resisting the temptation to live beyond his apparent means.
Eventually,
Christian's business does arouse the suspicion of the U.S. Treasury
Department's Crime Enforcement Division led by Director Raymond King
(J.K. Simmons). Aware that government agent Marybeth Medina (Cynthia
Addai-Robinson) and her minions are on his tail, Christian decides to
represent a very respected, hi-tech firm in order to look legit.
However,
he and an employee (Dana Cummings) at Living Robotics find their
lives threatened when he uncovers corruption in the company to the
tune of millions of dollars. But those crooks have no idea that he
had been trained to defend himself by an overprotective father
(Robert C. Trevelier) obsessed with his autistic son's never being
bullied. Though it has been many years since that indoctrination,
those skills suddenly kick in, as Christian morphs into a cold,
calculated assassin, ala the "Manchurian Candidate."
Thus
unfolds The Accountant, a high body-count, cat-and-mouse caper
directed by Gavin O'Connor (Tumbleweeds). The film rests upon an
engrossing script that's been artfully executed by an ensemble of
A-list thespians featuring Academy Award-winners Ben Affleck and J.K.
Simmons, as well as Oscar-nominees Anna Kendrick and John Lithgow.
A
clever and compelling, multi-layered masterpiece!
Excellent
(4 stars)
Rated R
for graphic violence and pervasive profanity
In English, French and
Indonesian with su btitles
Running time: 128
minutes
Distributor: Warner
Brothers Home Entertainment Group
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