Released in theaters in 2016, the movie The Accountant is finding a new audience since entering the Max catalog, where it has been in the Top3 of the most viewed on the HBO streaming platform for several weeks.

Ben Affleck leads a cast of familiar faces in this action thriller, in which the actor plays Christian Wolff, a math genius with more affinity for numbers than for people.

Using a small town accounting office as a cover, he makes a living as a freelance accountant for dangerous criminal organizations, for whom he cleans up financial records and launders money.

With a Treasury agent on his heels, Christian agrees to take on a high-tech robotics company as a legitimate client. As Wolff gets closer to the truth about a discrepancy involving millions of dollars, the body count begins to rise.

A cast with familiar faces

Affleck is joined by actors such as Anna Kendrick as Dana Cummings, an accountant at Living Robotics who realizes irregularities with their books; J. K. Simmons as Ray King, the Director of FinCEN at the Treasury Department; and Jon Bernthal as Brax (Braxton), Christian's brother, who runs a high-level client security company.

'The Accountant'

A sequel is in the works

The Accountant grossed $86.3 million in the US and Canada and $68.9 million in other countries, for a global gross of $155.2 million, against a production budget of $44 million.

It made $9.1 million on its opening day and $24.7 million on its opening weekend, finishing at the top of the box office. It was the second-highest debut for an Affleck thriller, second only to Gone Girl ($37.5 million).

In June 2017, it was announced that a sequel was in development, with Gavin O'Connor and Bill Dubuque returning in their respective roles as director and writer and most of the cast reprising their original roles, with Affleck once again as the lead.  

Ben Affleck in 'The Accountant'

Controversy over its portrayal of autism

Although Ben Affleck's portrayal of a character with autism was well received by some critics, like Vince Mancini from Uproxx, who highlighted that "It's transparent in its attempt both to promote a future franchise and to give autistic children their own superhero," the movie was deemed "offensive to people with autism" by some organizations.

One of the most vocal critics was Laurie Stephen, clinical services director in Altadena, California, who said "it is concerning that a movie portrays a character with autism wielding weapons and engaging in this type of aggression and violent acts."

*This article has been automatically translated using artificial intelligence