The Accountant (2016)

A boy finds sensory data to be difficult to cope with and his parents are in the midst of a break up leaving him to his brother and tough-love military father. Years later, when the boy has grown, the Treasury Department learns of his risky business dealings with terrorists and drug cartels and hires a woman (Cynthia Addai-Robinson) to learn who he is as they seem to have only photographs of him. He has a telephone with a female voice on the other end give him instructions to go to Living Robotics and help them which he does which is how we learn he is a math savant (Ben Affleck). He is socially deficient with a female colleague on the project making us suspect he is autistic. We see flashes of his life growing up as the plot unfolds, I especially was fond of the karate scene. The fact that he is so different is what draws us into the story and we want to get a glimpse of his humanity, what makes him tick and THE ACCOUNTANT does this competently. He shows only slight traces of not being able to cope with sensory information and can hold his own in the world. The Treasury agent who hired the woman now has come steps closer to his identity and surprisingly tells us a story of his involvement with the accountant many years ago, very kewl. There is a welcome element of mystery now as to how all these intersecting characters will seek resolution not to mention the importance of a hitman introduced early on as financial crimes became the movie's focus. A nice release of tension in the finale with the added bonus of now feeling the film has uncovered who the accountant truly is. [4.4 stars]