The Accountant review – Ben Affleck’s new movie is bizarrely bonkers but entertaining

THIS film is nuts. I went in expecting a mix between A Beautiful Mind and some John Grisham thing.

I was not prepared for an autistic, kung-fu superhero.

WTF is going on and why does it work better than it should?

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Ben Affleck is Christian Wolff, a genius accountant who spends his time un-cooking the books for dodgy criminals.

He’s also into self-torture and, thanks to his martial arts skills - absolutely nails this art.

Hot on his heels are a bunch of government officials, keen to identify and arrest him.

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In order to deflect some of the heat, Wollf (on the advice of the mysterious ‘Voice’) takes on a supposed ‘clean’ client - a huge conglomerate who are convinced millions of dollars are being syphoned off.

Which carries a whole set of new problems.

There are plenty of funny moments, some great set pieces and the relationship between Affleck and Kendrick (his kind-of assistant) is fun and refreshing (they don’t bonk).

You're never quite sure what kind of film you’re watching - at times funny, other times brutally violent - but actually, it’s pretty entertaining.

His Batman could have been this good.

Completely bizarre, but all the better for it.

★★★☆☆