{"id":34572,"date":"2023-11-27T08:02:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-27T13:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=34572"},"modified":"2023-11-27T09:01:33","modified_gmt":"2023-11-27T14:01:33","slug":"the-accountant-2016-starring-ben-affleck-anna-kendrick-j-k-simmons-jon-bernthal-john-lithgow-z-view","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=34572","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;The Accountant&#8221; (2016) starring Ben Affleck, Anna Kendrick, J.K. Simmons, Jon Bernthal &#038; John Lithgow \/ Z-View"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2023\/z112723zview_theaccountant.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"750\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>The Accountant<\/strong> (2016)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Director: <strong>Gavin O&#8217;Connor<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Screenplay by: <strong>Bill Dubuque<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Starring: <strong>Ben Affleck, Anna Kendrick, J.K. Simmons, Jon Bernthal, Jeffrey Tambor, Cynthia Addai-Robinson, John Lithgow, Alison Wright, Jason Davis, Robert C. Treveiler, Seth Lee, Ron Prather <\/strong> and <strong>Jean Smart<\/strong><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tagline: <em>Calculate your choices.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Story:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Christian Wolff (Affleck), a mathematics savant, was diagnosed as being on the Autism spectrum as a child.\u00a0 His father, a military vet, forced Christian to deal with the things that triggered him.\u00a0 Dad also provided martial arts and weapons training for Christian and his brother.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Now an adult, Wolff uses his math talents as an accountant to criminal enterprises.\u00a0 He operates out of a small office that is a front.\u00a0 Wolff also owns several businesses used to launder money.\u00a0 Wolff is hired by Lamar Blackburn (Lithgow), the billionaire owner of Living Robotics, to check his books.\u00a0 What Wolff discovers puts in motion a chain of events that result in several murders.\u00a0 At the same time Wolff is dealing with this, he learns that the Treasury Department has been investigating him and are about to close in.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong style=\"font-size: inherit; color: var(--text-color); font-family: var(--text-font);\">Thoughts (beware of spoilers)\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ben Affleck is excellent as Christian Wolff.\u00a0 He is supported by an amazing cast.\u00a0 Standouts include Anna Kendrick, J.K. Simmons, Jeffrey Tambor and John Lithgow.\u00a0 Kudos to the always excellent Jon Bernthal, who owns every scene he&#8217;s in.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>The Accountant<\/em> features a cool twist that I didn&#8217;t see coming.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I&#8217;d love for Affleck and Bernthal to return in a sequel.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/logo\/zview_a.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"100\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2023\/z112723zview_theaccountant2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"180\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Accountant (2016) Director: Gavin O&#8217;Connor Screenplay by: Bill Dubuque Starring: Ben Affleck, Anna Kendrick, J.K. 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