TLD:

 

Just watched The Accountant from 2016.  Ben Afflick is a high functioning autistic and a math savant, who handles the books for bad people.  The kicker is that his dad was a hard arse military officer who didn't go for the touchy feely approach to handling Ben's character, or his brother who is also autistic — but in not quite the same way.  So, he drives the boys super hard so they can deal with the bullying etc. they will suffer because they are different.  As you can imagine, Ben grows up to become a cross between the Rain Man and Bob Lee Swagger.   

 

[TINY SPOILER]

 

The twist towards the end is not hard to see coming.

 

[SUMMERY]

 

I liked the movie so much I immediately hit IMDB to see if the is a sequel.  Apparently, a sequel is in development with most of the same characters.

 

 

 

I also watched Lucy from 2014 because I have seen so much of it in YouTube clips, so I decided to string them together.  Not as good as The Accountant, but still enjoyable.

 

I thought The Accountant was pretty good, but I felt that Affleck's character seemed to get less and less autistic as the movie progressed and he became more of a traditional "action movie guy" which was a shame.

I just thought Lucy was bad. The concept was interesting, but there were too many plot issues that took me out of the movie. I think it got an above average reception, so I might be in the minority on this. But no matter what budget he has to play with, Luc Besson has never been able to top Leon: The Professional in my book.