A Different Set of Cards

The Accountant is a 2016 American action thriller film written by Bill Dubuque, directed by Gavin O'Connor, and starring Ben Affleck, Anna Kendrick, J. K. Simmons, Jon Bernthal, Cynthia Addai-Robinson, Jean Smart, Jeffrey Tambor, and John Lithgow. The storyline follows Christian Wolff, a certified public accountant with autism who makes his living sanitizing fraudulent financial and accounting records of criminal and terrorist organizations around the world that are experiencing internal embezzlement. The Accountant premiered in Los Angeles on October 10, 2016, and was theatrically released in the United States by Warner Bros. Pictures on October 14, 2016. Receiving mixed reviews from critics, the film grossed $155.2 million worldwide. It received praise for Affleck's performance and the action sequences featuring the Indonesian martial art Pencak Silat, although its portrayal of autism received a mixed response. A sequel, The Accountant 2, was released in 2025 by Amazon MGM Studios, with Affleck, Bernthal, Addai-Robinson and Simmons reprising their roles, while a third film is also in development.