The new trailer forGavin O’Connor’sThe Accountant, starringBen AffleckandAnna Kendrick, gives a better look at both the young and adult versions of the title character, Christian Wolff. As it was explained inthe film’s first trailerand in this follow-up as well, Wolff is a very special boy that has an amazing, genius-level skillset that’s countered by crippling anxiety. Though a specialist offers, evenpleadsto help the boy adjust in the hopes that he’ll be able to live a normal life, his father sees the world as a cruel place and raises Christian accordingly, in the manner he sees fit.
And that apparently means turning Christian into a cold, calculating character as his trade demands, shunning normal human interaction (even though he longs for it) and instead working for some of the world’s worst and most dangerous criminals to … tackle their checkbooks. Oh, and he also has guns … lots of guns.
I’m torn on this one. I loved O’Connor’s work onWarrior, Affleck’s a proven acting commodity, and the cast is stellar. On the flipside, it feels like the central conceit forThe Accountantis all about a boy with genuine talents but crippling mental and psychological issues who grows up to become a ruthless and efficient criminal who may yet have a change of heart; that’s a bit much. Let us know what you think in the comments section!
Also starringJ.K. Simmons,Jon Bernthal,Jeffrey Tambor, andJohn Lithgow,The Accountantopens in U.S. theaters on October 14th and in UK cinemas November 4th.
Check out the new trailer below:
Here’s the official synopsis forThe Accountant:
Christian Wolff (Ben Affleck) is a math savant with more affinity for numbers than people. Behind the cover of a small-townCPA office, he works as a freelance accountant for some of the world’s most dangerous criminal organizations. With the Treasury Department’s Crime Enforcement Division, run by Ray King (J.K. Simmons), starting to close in, Christian takes on a legitimate client: a state-of-the-art robotics company where an accounting clerk (Anna Kendrick) has discovered a discrepancy involving millions of dollars. But as Christian uncooks the books and gets closer to the truth, it is the body count that starts to rise.
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