Quartile rating: 6/10 · 1 rating
As a math savant uncooks the books for a new client, the Treasury Department closes in on his activities and the body count starts to rise.
The Accountant is a competent, engaging thriller elevated by a genuinely distinctive premise — an autistic math savant as lethal freelance accountant — that sets it apart from generic action fare. Affleck delivers a restrained, committed performance and the supporting cast (J.K. Simmons, Anna Kendrick) adds credibility. Cinematography is solid but unremarkable genre work. The novelty of the central character concept is real, though the execution borrows heavily from action-thriller conventions. The ending, however, tries to tie too many threads together with a contrived brotherly twist that feels engineered rather than earned, undermining much of the goodwill built up.