this is the kind of movie where every major character has a troubled past or a piece of expository backstory to disclose, and The Accountant grinds to a halt right before the big finale to deliver a 15-minute, twist-laden info dump
instead we get an action movie plot which is drearily rote in its studied insistence on surprise. The narrative is intricately constructed, yet ersatz and shapeless, like a clock with Nerf gears
director Gavin O'Connor shoots this strange October surprise full of the same scrappy, ball-swinging gravitas that he brought to the more grounded likes of "Miracle" and "Warrior," it is still some very, very silly business