Unlike the name, The Accountant can be described as an action-based movie. The director-writer duo Gavin O’ Connor and Bill Dubuque have done an outstanding task to create such a thrilling movie. It was screened in 2016 and has achieved a grand success.
A Peek Into The Storyline
Initially, it introduces the major protagonist Christian Wolff, an accountant by profession. From childhood, Wolff was diagnosed with high-functioning autism. To overcome the hurdles of such a condition and to avoid being exploited, his father taught martial arts to both his children, Christian and Braxton. Additionally, Christian was very intelligent and this directed him to part-take in the terrorist and criminal organizations across the globe. He also became a spy for FinCen.
The story moves ahead as he is employed as an auditor at Living Robotics. Soon, the CEO, Lamar Blackburn claims that $62 million is missing from the house of the female lead Dana Cummings. Gradually, Christian solves the puzzle and learns that Lamar himself had stolen the money and murdered his sister Rita Blackburn, this became the greatest twist in the tale. This is how the story moves ahead.
With the excitement of the upcoming second part of the movie, the audience expects Wolff to solve more such problems. Also, the viewers expect to see Christian’s love life now.
The Cast
The masterpiece story would have been incomplete without fabulous acting done by Ben Affleck portraying the major role of Christian Wolff who not only is suffering from high-functioning autism but is equally talented with great intelligence. For the female protagonist Dana Cumming, the team has indeed chosen a suitable artist Anna Kendrick who has also done a great job. The other main role for Seth Lee was done by Young Chris. These lead role artists are expected to reappear in the sequel of the original film.
Other supporting artists are J.K Simmons, Jake Presley, Cynthia Addai Robinson, Jeffrey Tambor, John Lithgow, Jean Smart, Andy Umberger, Alison Wright, Izzy Fenech, Robert C. Treveiler, and Mary Kraft are also expected to play their respective roles in the upcoming sequel.
When Can We Expect The Release
‘The Accountant 2’ is yet to be scripted. The production team has not declared officially anything about the release of the second sequence of the movie. However, once the lead actor Ben Afflick had mentioned that there had been a discussion regarding doing a television series instead of another movie.
Things You May Want To Know About The Accountant 2
The starting budget for the film was $44 million and it successfully fetched $155 million. With such high popularity and such a huge profit, it is evident that the producers would want to make a sequel to it. However, though this movie gained support from many fans, it is still categorized as an underrated film.
Summing It Up
With high fan demand, the producers are discussing coming up with more of The Accountant. Whether a movie or a series is an unanswered question.
