I am not an controller , but I did see the movieThe Accountant , which stars Ben Affleck as an autistic accountant who is very good at killing people with guns . But a reckoning of everything Affleck does in this laughable movie to make it not boring is in order , so I decide to deal an audited account , despite my lack of CPA certification . Because this otherwise canonical movie is in spades not boring .
How does Affleck elevate this Gavin O’Connor - take aim thriller ? Of his many admirable qualities , like his power to maintain an argument whileleaving a Blockbuster video , the one I ’ve always like the most is that Affleck tries really , really hard . Whether he ’s directing Oscar - pull ahead movies , rewriting the script for a superhero movie whilewearing his Batsuit , or open paparazzithe finger , Matt Damon ’s BFF always goes the extra Admiralty mile . To see what precisely Affleck does to keepThe Accountantfrom being dull than a CPA study school term , let ’s sum up the slipway .
Note : While No . 1 through No . 10 below contain small , out - of - setting spoilers for the movie , No . 11 is a major spoiler for the movie , so look away if you ’d prefer not to know .
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1. He keeps his Batman body
When you sawBatman v. Superman , you probably noticed Batman ’s swole exterior – there was a whole successiveness where he fundamentally did CrossFit – but what you did n’t fuck is that this is just the raw norm for Affleck ’s anatomy . Other actors might have slimmed down to play an accountant work out out of a strip mall in Plainview , IL . Not Affleck . All his cautiously pressed dress shirt reckon like they ’re gon na burst off his hulking shoulder , and his many deoxythymidine monophosphate - shirts will probably pep up elaborated fantasies about Affleck having a Muscle Milk chug - off with Tom Brady on a planing machine ride to Vegas .
2. He draws math formulas on everything
I roll in the hay any scenery in a movie or TV show where hoi polloi open boxes , look over spreadsheets , and cast formula on the walls . Unfortunately , The Accountantis poor on real account statement – Affleck ’s fictitious character , Christian Wolff , is too engaged escape from a umbrageous robotics company – but there is one dynamite scene where Affleck gets to bend his ironical - erase marker skills , and it ’s masterful . Suck it , Will run .
3. He beats his leg with a wooden stick while listening to scary techno
The Accountantis eight movies crammed into one . None of them is very dependable , but one of them is a very earnest motion-picture show about autism , likeRain Manwith rape rifles . But one of the ways Affleck combats his disorder is by listening to very scary techno and hitting his leg with a big wooden stick while lights swank in his bedroom . Whatever works , human . At least he ’s not gamble !
4. He befriends his clients
Despite being parky with his favorable co - workers and live a peregrine beingness , Affleck ’s accounting character does befriend a duet of kindhearted husbandman he provides financial help to early in the movie . Why does he do this ? Because they have a farm where he can sprout things . dandy means to keep a humbled profile and relieve emphasis .
5. He shoots melons with faces on them for target practice
What did melons ever do to Ben Affleck ? I do n’t know , but he shoots them with so much anger ! It ’s like those melon vine told himChasing Amyis overrated .
6. He takes orders from a Siri-like voice on his phone
The crotchet ofThe Accountantis that Affleck ’s character is the go - to guy for all the world ’s regretful hombre , so you ’d retrieve this would be a glossy , globetrotting thriller with raft of exotic locales and scenes of Affleck meeting with his shady gaffer . You would be very wrong . or else , the flick takes blank space mostly in Illinois , and most of Affleck ’s direction get from aCharlie ’s Angels - style vocalism on his phone .
7. He collects priceless painting in his Airstream
It ’s not enough that Affleck ’s international controller - assassin is a master battler and a mathematics genius – he ’s also a fine art collector . He ’s got Pollocks and a Renoir in his Airstream , which he keeps in case he ever need to ride out of town in a hastiness , like if someone recognizes him as the guy fromPaycheck .
8. He has a Hummel figurine
Sure , why not ?
9. He refuses donuts
I ’ve see too manypaparazzi photosof Ben Affleck enjoyingDunkin ' Donutsto believe that Ben Affleck would release down a donut . But here he is in this motion-picture show , work down doughnut from Anna Kendrick , who toy his love pastime and another doughnut - loving controller working for the shady robotics fellowship Affleck has to audit . perchance he maintain a clandestine hoard of donuts in his Airstream that we do n’t see .
10. He murders a dude with his belt
The Accountantfeels like an attempt to make aBourne - like thriller , but it does n’t really have enough action moving picture set - piece to earn the comparison . At leastThe Sum of All Fearshad … actually , I have no computer memory ofThe Sum of All Fears . Anyway , The Accountantdoes have one great scene where Affleck kills a cat with his swath . It ’s very cool . More rap - killing setting , please .
11. [SPOILER ALERT] He makes amends with his very weird family
More than anything , The Accountantis a movie made for people who watch Jason Statham moving picture and say , " Hey , I wonder whatThe Transporter’sdad was like?“The Accountantis filled with flashbacks to Christian Wolff ’s childhood , showing us how his military psychologist father force him and his brother to fight both each other and other children just to toughen them up .
These scenes experience random and unnecessary , but towards the end you agnise they ’re actually mark up the movie ’s " big " twist : Ben Affleck ’s biggest threat , an assassinator act with oily club DJ charm byThe Walking Dead’sJon Bernthal , is actually his brother ! The twist get very niggling sense from a narrative perspective , but at least we get to see Affleck find a moment of peace before drive into the sundown in his Airstream , hopefully on his way to a Hummel figurine fan convention .
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