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I think I’m such a sucker for an action movie! I loved the different angle on this one. I liked the way Ben Affleck played this probably difficult role. Backstories 👏 flashbacks 👏 justice 👏

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The Accountant (2016) - Full Reaction - Popcorn In Bed

Watch the full reaction to The Accountant on Popcorn In Bed.

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djKENTO

Honestly some of my favorite autistic representation in film.

Edgar Gonzalez

This is great action. Cassie, I also recommend the debt collector 1 and 2 Kiss of the dragon, RED, and Underworld are great movies to watch also...oh and "Nobody" is also a good one.

Jay Davis

And just when I was wondering why I'm up at 2:50am and looking for something to do...

Joseph M Sica

O man u did the Accountant! Great Cass! This movie is so good! What are u doing up so late posting! Kekek J/K, can't wait to watch this full reaction w/ ya! I hope all is good in Popcorn Land! <3 to PIB crew and company! I'm sure this is gonna be a great reaction! The Account 2 is worth the watch 2!

Anthony Carlson

"Solomon Grundy, Born on a Monday, Christened on Tuesday, Married on Wednesday, Took ill on Thursday, Grew worse on Friday, Died on Saturday, Buried on Sunday"

Anthony Carlson

I believe a Batman villain by the same name quote the line too. Arkham City anyone?

Shawn Kildal

She's seen the Bourne trilogy but has talked about a possible rewatch

Clarence Newman

Dr Humphrey Bate & His Possum Hunters changed the words a little: "My wife died Saturday night, Sunday she was buried Monday was my courting day, and Tuesday I got married." I doubt he had any teefus and his new wife was probably his cousin.

Gary Brown

That's wat came to my mind when i heard that name and i'm surprised he's never been in any of the movies.

Edgar Gonzalez

Cool, thanks for telling me dude 👍

Jacob King

Solomon Grundy is a Batman character. Not sure if he’s smart enough to be counted a villain. I’ve always thought of The Accountant as secret Batman movie. Affleck and Gavin O’Connor never got to make the Batman movie they wanted but this came out of their collaboration. It’s got a Commissioner Gordon, Justine is basically Oracle, Marybeth is Batgirl and we were all robbed by not having Anna Kendrick as Robin in the Snyderverse.

Baldemort

Fun fact. This is Ben Afflecks fav characters hes played in his acting career.

Night King01

The character of solomon grundy is entirely a play on that nursery rhyme. Also fun fact he was first a green lantern villain. He sort of just goes from hero to hero but later in the 80s and 90s he became more of a batman villain. They even retold his origin in the shadow of the bat comic. Now he’s a justice leadue villain as well with him being part of major villain teams. I think him appearing in arkham city is a reference to batman a long halloween where he was also found underground although in that he was hiding in a sewer.

Night King01

The second one is so much fun. It goes into more buddy cop/comedy with him and his brother Braxton. Also there is a third one coming out.

Night King01

Does anyone else recognize tait fletcher in all of these action movies nowadays. He’s like the new al leong. He’s the henchman with the cool beard

warcrimes

The "British woman" was Justine, the girl who handed young Christian the puzzle piece and later grew up to the the one person he trusted, his handler. She uses a voice changer and even addresses the young boy at the end in the British voice. Also on the wall is the framed Muhammad Ali puzzle Christian had been working on at the beginning of the movie. Nice touch. This movie is definitely an underrated gem. I'll watch the sequel when you do =)

Michael West

I enjoy this movie. Watched it many times. It is a bit predictable, but very entertaining. The look on your face when you figured out his brother was priceless. The plot and story was really enjoyable. I loved the chemistry between Anna Kendrick and Ben Affleck. JK Simmons and John Lithgow are always great in everything they do. I thought you would appreciate the autistic aspect of the plot. Great reaction, glad you liked it. The accountant 2 is good as well.

Justtired

They showed the British lady at the end. Watch the last 5 or 6 minutes again. You’ll get it. I don’t share most people’s enjoyment of the sequel. You may feel differently, however.

Uncle Phoenix

I liked him “The Equalizer”.

Uncle Phoenix

Cassie’s reactions are so vulnerable and tender. Chef’s Kiss. 🤙🏼

Just Plain Bob

This movie brings back very fond memories. Most people undoubtedly like it for the action. I like it for the scenes discussing the results of his forensic accounting. I’ve mentioned in previous posts that I worked for more than twenty years investigating public corruption. I’m a CPA and CFE (Certified Fraud Examiner). I specialized in what we used to refer to as “paper” cases. That is, investigations in which voluminous records had to be sorted, examined, summarized and conclusions drawn from that process. I much preferred paper cases to “shoe leather” cases because records are static. (Shoe leather cases are those investigations that people typically think of when they think of investigations. Like on “Law & Order”, the investigator asks questions of witnesses and, based on the answers they receive, move on to interview others. Usually, there are multiple interviews of several key witnesses. While interviews are integral to paper cases, as well, they tend to be directed more at processes, rather than eyewitness accounts of another’s behavior and/or activity.) Once in our possession, records did not change and they didn’t get cold feet when called to testify. They didn’t subtly shade their testimony to protect someone they probably still considered a good friend. They sat safely in our evidence room except for when we were scanning them for electronic copies (PDFs), all their precious data preserved perfectly, inviolate. The thing about investigations, particularly white collar/corruption/forensic investigations, that rarely makes it into the tv shows or movies is that it’s a profession that appeals to those of us with at least a little OCD. It’s only very rarely that you have a “Eureka!” moment. It’s usually the gradual accumulation of evidence combined with arranging that evidence in a manner that makes it easiest for someone else to understand (district attorneys, defense attorneys and jurors). It’s a task that’s much easier said than done. Frequently, and particularly at the beginning of a new investigation, I would find myself ruminating over the evidence lately taken into our possession. I would lie awake at night, thinking about the best way to arrange the data for examination, how spreadsheets might be designed and the case file managed, etc. And, all too often (if you asked my family), I’d get up from bed in the middle of the night, shower, dress and go into the office to begin work in earnest. I liked my co-workers on a personal level and respected them on a professional level. But there was a certain magic to being alone in the office, all the lights turned off at 2 am, looking out my office window at the city spread below me like Christmas tree lights, listening to Iron Maiden or Disturbed at full volume on my CD player (later, MP3 player) while the copier scanned a thousand pages at a time of various records and I organized it all into subfolders on my computer and built spreadsheets. The next morning would hit me like a hammer blow of exhaustion, but it was worth it. All that beautiful data, coming together, finally starting to make sense. It probably sounds odd to most, but to me it was magic. PS: Christian noticing that the second digit of most of the numbers was a 3 is a variation on Benford’s Law. The underlying theory (which I believe is flawed) is that certain numbers appear more frequently in nature. While I disagree with how he arrived at his conclusion (specifically, his means of measurement), it is true that certain numbers appear more frequently in data sets created by people, making it possible to detect patterns such as the one he noticed in the movie.

Clay F

You naiIed early that Brax was Christian's brother. I like the movie. Ben Affleck = great performance. Jon Bernthal (brother Brax) also good performance. If you remember, Jon Bernthal was "Manny" (Basilone's friend) killed in battle early in "The Pacific" series. I thought the movie a little convoluted, and wish Dana (Anna Kendrick) more in the last 1/3 of movie, not just at the end. Rita (the sister murdered) is played by Jean Smart who is a lead in the excellent HBOMax series "Hacks" (2021-present) [IMDb 8.2, RT=99%]. John Lithgow plays a profoundly evil character in the awesome "Dexter" series. I did UIL speed math (called "number sense") competition in high school. Math was always my favorite subject.

Jacob King

Every time I see him I think, hey, it’s that guy. Thanks for sharing his name.

Dan M

I’ve never seen this movie. I just watched the trailer. Thank god it’s not about a super hero with a bad hero name and a boring alter ego. It looks interesting though. I’m imagining in the sequel Ben Affleck’s character teams up with Matt Damon’s Will Hunting to tackle some really serious math problems…and kick some serious ass together.

Clay F

Cassie seem to genuinely like the movie. I was glad.

JAKH

Similar movies that Cassie would like: "Nobody" (2021) "The November Man" (2014) - Pierce Brosnan "Harry Brown" (2009) - Michael Caine "R.E.D." (2010) - Bruce Willis "Absolute Power" (1997) - Clint Eastwood "The Eiger Sanction" (1975) - Clint Eastwood "Breakheart Pass" (1975) -Charles Bronson

JohnnyUtah

I love it when justice prevails

Alex Gorell

Red and Nobody for sure. Such fun movies!

Above Average Dave

I loved RED. Just a great take on that genre and the story-telling and format were top notch for the genre.

Above Average Dave

I knew you'd like this one, Cassie. Solid with just enough quirkiness to be different within the genre. I agree with JAKH that you'd probably like RED too, especially with some of your faves (Morgan Freeman, Bruce Willis and Helen Mirren), plus an angle and format that would likely give you fun vibes harkening to your bookclub.

Paul Ark

I read that this film is popular in the neurodivergent community, mostly because it shows that neurodivergent people can be badass action hero/superhero types too

David Collins

James Gandolfini had a similar career progression as a henchman before finally landing his gig in The Sopranos.

Zane From Canada

"Hello, I'm Jon Bernthal. You may remember me from such films on the channel like The Wolf Of Wallstreet (Brad), Fury (Pvt. Grady Coon-Ass Travis), and Ford V Ferrari (Lee Iacocca).

Joe J

The fact she has not yet watched RED boggles my noggin. We need some action polls...now!

Joe J

"I think I’m such a sucker for an action movie!" Okie-dokie...may we now have some action polls?

Joe J

I was going to major in physics until I realized there was just too much damn math.😆

Mojo One Thousand

I knew you would like some the relationships between the characters in this Cassie, especially between "Christian" and "Dana". I know you you wanted a kiss Cassie, but I think they did the right thing. Although "Christian" was working for bad people he did undermine them once he ceased working for them, as he would (through his partner) pass information to "Ray King" about crimes they were committing, the crimes that made his career. It was funny in the "BvS" reaction that Cassie and Carly were trying to name Affleck movies, knowing the this was likely going to watched pretty soon after. It was in the coat tails of "John Wick", and roughly similar timing to "The Equalizer". So, they are all in the same action-wise, but does stand out due to the characterisations. I think it was about this time with this movie and "Batffleck" that I did appreciate Ben Affleck's acting more than I had in the past, as I think he played roughly the same character across a bunch of movies early in his career. That and his personal life was far too public through the late 90s and early 2000s. Possibly also I think he ultimately chose the wrong Jennifer in my book, but that's just me - so I did enjoyed your J. Lo joke Cassie. Glad that Cassie remembered Lithgow from "Cliffhanger" and how much of a scenery chewing villain he was there. He plays great bad guys, but I do think we may need another good guy from him to offset Cassie's dislike for him at the moment. Jon Bernthal we saw a while back in "Sicario" as Emily Blunt's character's bad date. He is quite good in these tough guy rolls. Always good to see J.K. Simmons. Cassie you were pretty close with your "Minority Report" comment... Max Von Sydow plays "Lamar Burgess", which is close to Lithgow's "Lamar Blackburn". "Who's the British woman?", hopefully that registered later, as that was said about a minute after the reveal.

Mark White

+1 for “Absolute Power”

Mark White

And at the top of the poll we have, drum roll please🥁… “Under Siege” 1992 And arguably the best Action movie that Cassie has still yet to see!

Joe J

For Bronson, my top action recommendation would be "The Mechanic" (1972).

aarswft

Oh no!!! How'd you miss the "British woman" reveal??

Robert da Spruce

Nice! Looking forward to your reaction Cassie!

Mark White

Wow Bob, thanks for sharing that fascinating insight into your career. When you mention “2am, looking out of your office window at the city” with the city lights and the music and all the files, I can picture it in my mind, like something out of a Micheal Mann movie. So cool.

Carol Rocha

Heck yeah!!! I know what I’m doing this afternoon!!! I hope #2 will be coming VERY SOON AFTER THIS! It’s amaaaazing! ❤️❤️Thanks Cassie!! ❤️😊

Carol Rocha

“Wind River” is a great film I think she would like, too!

Carol Rocha

Anyone having a problem when they try to “see more” of the comments??

Daniel Doble

Ugh... I was really looking forward to this.

Daniel Doble

"Sign in to confirm you’re not a bot This helps protect our community. Learn more" Not letting me see the reaction.

Above Average Dave

If you're using a VPN, it might help to shut it down and refresh. I've found that works and then I just open the link in YouTube.

Above Average Dave

Jon Bernthal is also The Punisher from the Netflix "Daredevil" series (which resides on the pinacle above AWESOME for those who haven't seen it), which I think Cassie watched off channel.

Daniel Doble

Thank you. I have two networks Verizon and Cox, and your comment got me to flip over to Cox and it's working now. Thanks.

Keith Jacobsen

I'm sure others have mentioned it, but the VERY valuable comics in Christian's Airstream (the trailer itself is a valuable classic) are Action Comics #1 and All-American Comics #16. (First appearance of Superman and Green Lantern, respectively) Also I'm not a baseball guy but the baseball cards include the famous T206 Honus Wagner, a 1911 T205 Ryan Holblitzell, a 1915 Cracker Jack Christy Mathewson, and a 1921 E121 American Caramel Babe Ruth holding a carrier pigeon.

JAKH

soooo . . . like "an auditor for those three-letter agencies", Mr. Mansell?

Chris Thom

If you have a Google account, I think it automatically signs you into Patreon. Without those tests.

Michael West

I agree. I really hope she gets to watch RED at some point.

Night King01

We need more action movies. I nominate The Transporter with Jason Statham. It was his big break in action films and is great. Also the Transporter 2 if you want more tongue and cheek cheesy action.

james sweeney

That Pollock painting is worth between 30 and 60 million dollars.

Above Average Dave

Also, the detail on Eddie Van Halen's guitar, giving us a call back to a Cassie Classic™, "Who is Edward Van Halen?" (Back to the Future).

Scott Macaulay

I was not expecting to like this that much. What a pleasant surprise. Great reaction! Thank you!

Smiley

Yeah, it's probably your VPN, same happened to me.

Smiley

"Who's the British lady?" Lol, Cassie must have been distracted at the end. Justine the daughter of the institute director, who had the really expensive PC, was the British lady. It was her digital communicator.

Clay F

I started out majoring in physics. The theoretical calculus for physics majors the first semester was tough. I changed major to chemical engineering because better job opportunities at the time.

Jen Barnes

I really enjoyed the sequel too, check it out if you can!

Don

The British lady was the autistic girl with the super computer at the end.

Daniel Doble

Everything worked out just fine. Saw the reaction.

Just Plain Bob

No better place to put this than here, I guess. Unbelievably, they have remade cult classic “Toxic Avenger.” But they’ve gone in a different direction, with A list actors and a decent budget. Oh, did I mention the remake stars Peter Dinklage? Cause it does (genius casting). https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BpPEe4WcAm8

Carol Rocha

Justine, the little girl at the first, was a non-verbal communicator, the daughter of the director of the institute, with an “A” class super computer, who now as a grown woman, digitally communicates with Christian (aka Dreamboat). She’s that ONE friend that his cellmate and confidant told him to find, and trust only them. It’s endearing that she was the little girl who so lovingly helped him complete the puzzle (that now hangs in her room 😉) You will see more of her in #2 and will be amaaaazed!!!! ❤️

Clay F

He was good as Lee Iacocca.

Dean Holt

Very happy you enjoyed it, you definitely NEED to see the sequel fairy soon. I don’t think the story is quite as good. But it’s a lot more fun. I’m actually surprised you didn’t seem to recognise Jon Bernthal (his brother). But as regards to more films, what’s been dubbed as one man wrecking crew movies (like this & John Wick) I’d recommend Nobody, Jack Reacher, The Transporter is quite fun and a very underrated one is Sisu but it is very violent, just think of it as a John Wick film directed by Tarantino set in WW2.

Dean Holt

I don’t mind Under Siege, but Tommy Lee Jones is the main reason it’s good. I personally think Desperado, Hard Rain, The 13th Warrior, US Marshals, Air America, Replacement Killers, Surviving the Game are all better. I also don’t think Cassie watched any JCVD films.

Edgar Gonzalez

Lol, how the heck am I forgetting all this? 😅

Steve Holton

Hi Carol. This is a known issue with the Patreon phone app. While Patreon technicians work on the problem you can use a browser on a PC (Chrome, Microsoft Edge, etc.) to see all the comments without this error. You can try re-installing the Patreon app on your phone, but this is not guaranteed to solve the problem.

WH0C@RES

I watched this at the theater and it didn't get much fan fare, but I loved it. I thought it would make a good franchise. It's a different take on a proven type of movie, ie John Wick and The Equalizer. The second one is good too, but it does tend to go more to the action and less to the story as the first one did. The ritual he does in the bedroom is what his father had said to the counselor, if loud sounds, flashing lights and physical contact upset him, he needs more of it.

WH0C@RES

If you use a VPN, you'll constantly get that message.

Cole Jennett

She has never seen The Wolf of Wallstreet.

Jayson Phillips

Being a single dad with an Autistic boy is very hard but love always saw us thru everything.

Canadianant

Wow I really enjoyed this one. First time for me. Really a different performance from Ben. Anna was great as well. Come to think of it great supporting cast as well JK Simmons, the brother , John Lithgow all great in this. This really could have been a formulaic but really offered something different. It was alot deeper than these types of shoot em ups usually are. I was truly impressed and looking forward to watching the second one. I was surprised you didn't catch the British lady connection at the end. Good watch.

Terry Yelmene

Such an interesting react Cassie! You were on top of everything, especially Christopher's point of 'abilities,' but I think you may have missed one important element. In the end, it was 'Justine,' the severely autistic woman at the institute, who operated the high-end computer with a digitized 'British' voice, that was Christopher's guiding angel and manager.

Rick Williams

Great movie. I have always loved this movie. I saw The Accountant 2 in theaters when it came out a couple of months ago. You need to watch and react to it. Great reaction Cassie. But you missed something at the end. They showed us his British lady. It is the girl that helped him finish his puzzle. Keep up the good work. I hope you feel better soon.

LukeG84

Great reaction. I knew Cassie would enjoy this one. I'm so impressed she predicted the brother angle, and so early. I didn't catch on that quick. Not even close! Though she did miss that Chris did the puzzle upside down at the beginning of the movie, so that evens things out a little. I'm so glad Cassie know's about the sequel. When I got the notification for this reaction video I knew that I was going to mention it in my comment. Now I don't need to! I hope she watches it sooner rather than later. At this point with every other sequel on her list she's going to need to watch a recap beforehand, it's been so long. P.s. I wasn't bothered by Cassie's sniffles one bit, but there was a weird humming sound that was super annoying. I'm guessing it was feedback from her microphone of something. Hopefully she can solve that for the next reaction video.

K, Zachary

John Lithgow was the Trinity Killer in Dexter and made an an couple of appearances in the new series. Since my gf are both high functioning autistics. We liked this one and the new one. Saw that one in the theater

James M

I think normies (we call them because it makes us feel a bit special I guess) really struggle to grasp autism. They see a few superficial aspects and think they have it. I suspect it's like people watching a film about war who have not been to war thinking they understand war. So how well did Affleck do? Well... I want to give him a C+. He worked very hard at reproducing a few stereotypes. But it feels very acted instead of feeling natural. He kind of looks miserable through so much of the film. They give him one happy scene when he solves the missing money problem but it feels a bit thin. Maybe that's just the scenes they chose to show but it feels weird. I believe people who learn to mask well are the people who are smart enough to observe others and motivated enough to practice "being normal" and probably have some innate skill at mimicry and most of all who want to avoid the "what's wrong with you" interactions. So it seems to me that an extremely intelligent person, such as Affleck is portraying, would know more about masking and use it to his advantage more often. I'll leave it with this - Fern Brady expressed autism as well as anyone I've heard for the benefit of the neurotypical folks. She said it's not some tragedy and it's not a superpower. It's more like your brain running a different operating system. Most people around you are Apple iOS but you are Android. It's just different.

Connor P

love this movie - but i have no clue what a BX32 is or how you he could tell how many cores the cpu had by looking at the case haha

JohnB

I've been suggesting this movie for a long time. It's a great but relatively unknown movie. I think it would be a good one for her to watch with Carly.

Popcorn In Bed

oh my gosh!!!! how did i miss that?!? OF COURSE!! and the same little girl who found his puzzle piece!!! BRILLIANT!!

Richard Maurer

Great reaction to this movie, Cassie.

Richard Maurer

I identified with many things I saw in this movie , other things not at all. That’s why it’s referred to as a spectrum I guess.

FranciscoGios

It took Cassie 1 hour and 23 minutes to catch that both assassins were brothers, it took me later after Jon Bernthal’s character was looking at the cameras witnessing his men being killed by Christian Wolff. This film has very realistic writting connecting the people Wolff has come across and connecting them with the bad guys. I haven’t seen The Accountant 2 but if you react to it, Cassie I’ll definitely join.

JPDotCom23

She got it at a buck 23

Clay F

+1 for Dexter. Lithgow acted well as an evil character.

Walter

This movie really surprised me when I got around to watching it. So much better than I expected. Another great reaction, Cassie - thank you!

Carol Rocha

Thanks for your kind response!

JohnB

I was very amazed with his performance in Dexter. I thought he did an amazing job in the role.

Eric

That was just pure bs. A typical movie "hacker" scene. The case is a Corsair case anyone could buy back then.

Chris

His Dad taught him to survive in the world. And in the end "stepped in front of the bullet." There is an Accountant 2 - and I thought it was very good. I hope you're feeling better by now!

Kit Taylor

One of my all-time favorites. The scene at the end where he gifts the painting to Dana, along with the song "To Leave Something Behind" always makes me tear up. Thanks for the reaction.

Gray

I still remember him from back in the Ultimate Fighter days then into the UFC. Now he's the ultimate henchman.

Gray

Just got round to watching this and I thought it was pretty good. Much prefer Aflleck in these types of roles, I'd be up for Accountant 2. Has Berenthal ever been a good guy lol. Also I wouldn't say that gun fight was broad daylight haha.

SmooothE🚔🚔

legitimate Cassie all the way. Thoroughly enjoyed this reaction . i figured you would like as you did Rainman

Clay F

Have you seen "The Town" (2010), which Cassie has seen.

Gray

I've not, I wasn't a fan of Affleck in his early years so didn't watch too many of his movies. Probably wasn't til Gone Girl I started to appreciated his more serious roles. Perhaps i'll check it out in the future.

Stephen Dias

I finally got around to watching this. Like I said in a previous post, I saw the DVD for this movie on sale for $5 and knew it was coming up on PiB, so I grabbed it. Can't go wrong. Then, I saw the cast list and knew it had to be good. I do have a couple of questions, though: who was the faceless woman on the phone? Honestly, it sounded like a fake voice, so I was never sure if it was indeed a woman. Also, I was never sure if she was helping Chris or just using him. It looks like Ben Affleck and Jon Bernthal are both back for the sequel, so I guess we'll see them get together again (that was my second question). Like Cassie, I have autistic people in my life, though not as highly functioning as Christian.

Clay F

The faceless woman on the phone was apparently 'Justine,' the severely autistic woman at the institute, who operated the high-end computer with a digitized 'British' voice.

Clay F

Recommend "The Town" (2010).

Stephen Dias

One more thing... whenever I heard a title like "The Accountant," I'm reminded of Chris Elliott's appearances on the old David Letterman show. He would appear in spoofs like "The Fugitive Guy" (instead of "The Fugitive") or "The Regulator Guy" (a spoof of "The Terminator"). I will hereafter refer to this movie as "The Accountant Guy."

Clay F

I remember well the Chris Elliott's appearances on the David Letterman show. Funny and awesome. Chris Elliot was made famous on The David Letterman show in the early 1980s when I was in college. Our daily routine during the week was to stop studying at 11:30 pm and put Letterman on the TV.

Tommymctomflynn

Looking for this comment on The Accountant 3 movie poster. “He’s like the equalizer, he is John Wick, he’s… THE ACCOUNTANT!

bknsty14

I grew up one town away from Plainfield, IL. I it was a really small town when I lived there. Now it has four high schools. I miss living in a small town. Love this movie. Edit: Naperville was also one town away from me. And I lived there for a while. I love movies I can relate to in a personal level.

Bekka NoyB

such a great movie! Hope you'll watch the sequel

OddThomas

Love Anna Kendrick. She directed a great serial killer movie 'Woman of the Hour' based on a true story. Very dark, very Zodiac.