The Accountant

Mike Butler and Mike Field are teaming up with Ben Affleck to fight mercenaries and math on this episode of Forgotten Cinema as they discuss the 2016 action thriller, The Accountant, directed by Gavin O'Connor.

Also starring Anna Kendrick, J.K. Simmons, Jon Bernthal, and Jon Lithgow, the films centers on Christian Wolff, a genius accountant who falls on the autism spectrum. Using a small-town CPA office as a cover, he makes his living as a freelance accountant for dangerous criminal organizations. To lay low, Christian takes on a state-of-the-art robotics company as a legitimate client, but as Wolff gets closer to the truth about a discrepancy that involves millions of dollars, Wolff finds himself using not only his mathematical genius, but his special ops military training, to get to the bottom of a huge corporate conspiracy and a surprising connection to his own past.

Listen in as the Mikes discuss the interesting character of Christian Wolff, a character Affleck himself lists as one of his top 5 roles, as well as the action in the film, Jon Bernthal's continued unappreciated greatness, hopes for a sequel, behind the scenes facts and more!

So, grab your popcorn and soda, please notice the exits to the left and right of you and settle down for Forgotten Cinema. 

00:00 - Introduction

01:47 - Film Summary

02:19 - Film Facts

07:36 - Film Discussion

35:05 - Critics Reviews

36:41 - Three Theory

38:16 - Favorite Quotes

42:17 - Why it's Forgotten

48:17 - Where to Find Us