The Accountant (EOTWS)

End Of The Week Shorts #12.1 extract: The Accountant (2016)

The Accountant is a strong movie with quite a few layers - probably too many. Not only does it try to grapple themes of mental disorders, but also romance, brotherhood, childhood, morality and justice - all with, as many have pointed out, Batman dressed up as Jason Bourne. Individually, The Accountant manages each of these themes somewhat well, but never delves too deeply into them, nor does it bring them together into a cohesive and profound whole. 

What really depreciates this film is that this is all it really has going for it. In such, the only elements of real worth are the mentioned themes as well as Affleck's character's relationship the one played by Kendrick; the thriller genre attributes are a dud, the direction is ok, the action scenes are underwhelming and the narrative isn't very entertaining. 

Looked at from a distance, I can appreciate what The Accountant attempts to confront, but I will probably never be seeing this movie again.