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| Ben Affleck in a frame from The Accountant (2016) |
Most ‘Fine Arts’ courses on almost any respectful University are run by asexual tutors whose job is to humiliate you so much that you force yourself to become a good artist by their own standards, but not much more than a robot to the eyes of the rest of the world. Suffice to say, this rant has nothing to do with this month’s post, which is about a duo of recent blockbusters.
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The Accountant (2016)
The
Accountant
(2016)
An autistic man
(Ben Affleck, in one of his best roles in recent memory) that is a genius at
maths (and uses aliases of this science’s greats) seems to appear to be
laundering money for a variety of dangerous organizations of the underworld,
but an overzealous government agent (Cynthia Addai-Robinson) with an agenda of
her own manages to uncover his secret operation. His problems don’t end there
as a ruthless assassin (Jon Bernthal, in another excellent performance – a
standard for him by now) is after him and a colleague (a very attractive and
cute Anna Kendrick) for getting involved in solving a logistics fraud.
Directed by
Gavin O’Connor and made on a $44 million budget, this was mostly praised for
its action sequences, but to me what it does better is the non-judgmental and
even heroic depiction of autism. The critics were not very keen of this
thinking man’s action film, but the audiences loved it, as it grossed a $155.2
million at the box-office, resulting in a belated sequel, nine years later.
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The Accountant 2 (2025)
The
Accountant 2 (2025)
Brothers
Christian Wolff (returning Ben Affleck) and Braxton (returning Jon Bernthal)
combine their skills as hit-men to follow the trails of a missing woman (the
agent working on the case is once again played by Cynthia Addai-Robinson) that
lead them to an international trafficking ring.
Directed by
Gavin O’Connor, and made on a greater scale than its predecessor as a generous
$80 million budget was utilized, this is a better film than the original, not
because the action scenes are more bombastic, but rather because it is tonally
and structurally more engaging, with the bromance at its forefront. Although it
grossed a disappointing $102.1 million, a sequel seems to be in development.
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