You can now watch one of the best poster children for Ben Affleck as an action star on Amazon Prime. The thriller is actually being continued.
In Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Ben Affleck was seen as the Dark Knight for the first time. In the end, however, his Batman career was not to last long. A brief appearance in Suicide Squad followed before he rounded up the Justice League to fight the villain Steppenwolf. After that, it was over.
Nevertheless, Ben Affleck will remain with us as an action star. Apart from Batman, he has constantly tried his hand in this area in recent years. The most important title in this regard is probably the action thriller The Accountant by Warrior director Gavin O’Connor, which you can now watch on Amazon Prime.
The Accountant on Amazon Prime: Ben Affleck shoots his way through a tough action thriller
In The Accountant, Affleck takes on the role of a man named Christian Wolff, who can handle numbers like few other people. Diagnosed with autism as a child, he now works as an accountant and is perceived by most people around him as a math genius. But that’s not all
You can watch the trailer for The Accountant here:
Christian Wolff has also built up a connection to the underworld over the years and handles dirty payment transactions. When necessary, he takes up arms with shocking precision and transforms himself into a relentless killer. In The Accountant, there is not only a lot of calculating, but even more shooting.
Affleck convinces brilliantly in this role, which is reduced to the essentials. One minute he’s appearing as a withdrawn suit, the next he’s packing up a machine gun and killing in the same controlled manner as he juggles the numbers in accounting. It’s a crazy mix, but it works.
But The Accountant is not only worth seeing because of Affleck. The entire cast of the film is a big plus. This includes Anna Kendrick, J.K. Simmons, Jean Smart and John Lithgow. We can also expect a merciless encounter with the Punisher himself: Jon Bernthal.
