The Accountant follows a public accountant by the name of Christian Wolff. Through flashbacks, we learn that he is diagnosed with high functioning autism and currently makes his living by uncooking the books for dangerous criminal organisations. Currently, he was keeping a low profile but he was employed one day to investigate a possible fraud at a robotics company. Through this, he uncovers a bigger plot although this never feels like it takes center stage. Rather, we learn about Wolff, how he works and how he functions. Wolff is clever and has military training, able to best most professional killers. The pacing is steady and keeps its tense atmosphere throughout most of the film. Ben Affleck's performance as Wolff is quite good although the film is let down by its lack of mystery or anticipation for the big reveal. A few characters feel shoehorned in like the government agents as you'd expect a big clash between them and Wolff, but it never eventuates. The Accountant is an above average film but its plot needs more refinement.
