THE ACCOUNTANT (2016) ¢ ¢ ¢ 1/2
D: Gavin O'Connor
Ben Affleck, Anna Kendrick, J.K. Simmons,
Jon Bernthal, Jean Smart, Cynthia Addai-Robinson,
Jeffrey Tambor, Allison Wright, John Lithgow
A good, tricky thriller in which Ben Affleck plays a guy on the spectrum with two extraordinary skills: crunching numbers and killing people. That has made him a lot of money, but his sense of perfection and obsession with leaving no mission incomplete have consequences. Ben and Anna Kendrick are the stars, but the standouts are J.K. Simmons and Cynthia Addai-Robinson as the federal agents working the case. A sequel was released in 2025.
