I’ll keep the spoilage to a minimum. Ben Affleck plays an autistic/Asperger-y accountant whose upbringing by his military dad included lots of hand-to-hand to keep dad’s son from being a victim. Fast forward twenty years and the obsessive-compulsive kid is now an accountant to the mob, terrorists, and other undersireables.
The gunplay in this movie was pretty good, and there’s some Barrett lovin’. This movie also features Jon Bernthal, last seen in “Sicario”, as basically the same character he played on The Walking Dead. There’s some nice pistol work, a little bit of small-unit stuff, and a whole lot of CQB-gun-to-the-head action.
The rest of the story you can go see. And, actually, it’s not bad.. sort of “Rain Man” meets “Bourne Identity”. But, what I found interesting was the the level of preparedness the main character engaged in. Hidden away at a storage unit was his Airstream trailer, loaded with cash, gold, rare paintings, weapons, and everything he’d need to pull up roots and GTFO before the heat landed on him. As he tells another character, he can abandon his life and be on he road “in twelve minutes”.
If you’ve ever wondered what a decent ‘bug out trailer’ would be like, this is a nice example. It sits in his stroage unit, loaded up and ready to go, just waiting for the twelve minutes he needs to grab it and it’s life-altering cargo.
Anyway, enjoyable movie, some really nice plot twists, good action, and not a drop of useless romance or love interest. Oh, and local lad JK Simmons does a really nice job as the multi-layered treasury agent.
I believe “Sheldon”, one of the main charactors in Big Bang Theory, is OCD & Asperger. He mentioned having several BOBs & a plan for getting out of LA.
J K Simmons is great in everything he’s in.
Need answers. How did Brax become involved initially as the enforcer?
What was the motive for Clifford to kill the mob where JK was watching?
Great thriller, just a couple of loose ends from the cutting room floor.
It was explained that Clifford killed the mobsters because they kidnapped, tortured, and killed his cellmate who started him on the road as a criminal accountant.
You say “J. K. Simmons”, I hear “Cave Johnson.”
Just look at what this guy is charging for PVC pipe http://www.ballisticburial.com/vault-models then look some where like homedepot.
Went to see it last night, in lieu of the debate.
Not seeing the debate was probably a good call….but if this is what movie experiences are like now (I probably haven’t been to a theater in 8 years) then I probably won’t be to a theater again.
The movie was … OK. I’d give it 3/5, nothing special. The experience was horrible. The sound level was too high (when it started I was wishing I had earplugs) with WAY TO MUCH BASS….I don’t need sensuround for every damned movie.
Hollywood is doomed, by themselves…