Review of The Accountant (2016) by Dwhite77 — 01 Nov 2016

The Accountant.

This movie was my type of movie. Throughout the movie it keeps you on the edge of your seat just wondering what might or will happen next. The main character Chris Wolfe exemplifies the role of the autistic boy turned super genius accountant for hire. He looks and lives the life of the average American accountant or so people think, when you get deeper into the movie yes he is your regular old accountant that does your taxes and such, but it’s then that you see what he’s really all about. Compared to the previous notions of the movie I thought it was going to be interesting to watch just because the commercials alone start to set the stage for the movie and start to get your excitement built up for the premier.

Setting:

The place or type of surroundings where something is positioned or placed.

4/4.

The setting of The Accountant isn’t like many would expect from an action movie, unlike most movies that are located on some mystical beach or a snuggly ski lodge in the swiss alps, this movie takes place in a simple Chicago suburb. contrary to many individuals thoughts this still stages for very interesting setting. At times it feels more like a small utopia, because of the main character “Chris Wolfe” living in his own small world. The movie conveys this suburb as a place where he has all the things he needs but no more. Part of the movie takes place in his Airstream, that can be located in his storage unit. He uses this as a place to get away he has everything needed in this Airstream for basic life. The setting and the way it is used in the movie are very well used. It’s hard to use your normal boring suburb as a good setting, unless you’re a superhero saving the city from the evil, but in this movie it’s conveyed differently more of a safe place for the main character Chris. He has his home that looks just like the average home and makes him feel safe. The setting stays interesting throughout the entire movie and makes you wonder what it took to make this rather boring setting excitement and full of action the entire time.

Special Effects:

An illusion for movies and television made by props, camera work, etc.

3/4.

Throughout the movie the camera work is puzzling yet very good there always seems to be a way that you can film it differently to get a better perspective of what is going on and the camera crew seemed to be really good at trying to make all that work together to get some unique and unusual shots especially anytime there was a fight scene coming. For instance in one of the last fight scenes of the movie the main character had so many shots of what was going on you felt like you were on his shoulder looking at the whole thing from his point of view you could see every small detail. Sometimes the camera work also got confusing though for example in one fight seen you have no idea what is going on or where the main character is, I know that’s the way they wanted this certain scene to be to have a more mysterious scene, but for me personally it wasn’t my favorite way to film this scene.

Excitement:

A feeling of great enthusiasm and eagerness.

3/4.

This is where this movie excels in my opinion at least for me this movie is always keeping me on my toes the entire time and just keeps you wanting more, wanting to know what is going to happen to this exciting main character that always has everything planned out and is very precise. This story goes into a great back story in many scenes explaining how this character comes to be, also how he functions. The excitement in the movie slow at the beginning but mainly because of all the information you have to learn about what going on and why throughout the for 20-30 minutes you learn about the main character, his life, his business, and the basic problem what’s going on the basic timeline of events. But after that it’s all fast paced moving from scene to scene mainly resolving all the problems that were set up in the first few scenes.

Climax:

The most intense, exciting, or important point of something; a culmination or apex.

4/4.

The climax of this movie is very exciting you learn some crucial things about the antagonist and protagonist. The climax come to the point where you think that maybe this isn’t going to be like all the other “hero saves the day” movies that are so common today. This climax is different it comes down to just three characters in the end, the main character and the people who are opposed to him. But what is different is the fact the main character goes through a “hell’ of sorts just trying to get here, he gets beat bashed and broken down just to get here, different from your other common action movies that are more to the point where the main character comes rushing in to the save the day or finish of the bad guy and then the whole deal is resolved.