The Accountant (Gavin O'Connor, 2016) 7/10
Within the genre of one-man-army action films which star well known actors, that aren't necessarily well known for playing action heroes, this is one of the better films. Personally I enjoyed it more than Liam Neeson's Taken, Keanu's John Wick, Denzel's Equalizer, Mel Gibson's Payback or Clive Owen's Shoot'Em Up. Still, it's not a great film, merely a good one.
There is an unfortunate side story featuring the now ubiquitous Jon Bernthal which drags the film into tropey waters. If you know Jon Bernthal, than you know how he's typically cast... and that's exactly the case here. There's an additional side story featuring JK Simmons which isn't really any better. But when the film is focused on Affleck it's quite effective.
Affleck has never struck me as an imposing physical figure in a film before, but here he seems tower over everyone else. He has clearly gone through the get-thick-quick, Huge Jackman, Mexican vitamin regimen which has become so popular (or necessary) amongst Hollywood's leading men. As long as he's not angling to compete in the next Olympics he'll be fine. Ultimately he looks good. He looks appropriately powerful for the sort of physical things he accomplishes in this film (none of which are too over the top, and are well executed).
It's interesting having an action star whose tough demeanour isn't attributable to a vague history of violence (retired Green baret, French Foreign Legion, 20 years in San Quentin, or whatever the cliche may be). In this case his thousand yard stare has more to do with his Asperger's than his past murders.
Pleasantly surprised... but still plenty of room for improvement.