A Few Words About A few words about...™ The Accountant -- in 4k UHD Blu-ray (1 Viewer)

[Robert Harris]

Gavin O'Connor's The Accountant may sound like one of those low-budget affairs. You know, the one's with the substitute teacher, or whomever.

It's not.

I missed it theatrically, and have only now caught up with it on Warner's 4k release.

I've come away impressed.

At it's heart, I'm seeing it as a combination of a super-hero film, but without the capes or uniforms, and a Hitchcock production, seen through the eyes of Brian De Palma, c. 1980, but now with a bit of John Wick added.

It's an interesting film, with enough genuine surprises, that it works well.

Shot on film (35/3), and finished as a 2k DI, the 4k release appears as one might surmise that it would, with a bit of HDR waved over the glass as an extra treat.

Audio, in DTS-HD MA 7.1 is superb.

Image - 5

Audio - 5 (DTS-HD MA 7.1)

Pass / Fail - Pass

Recommended

RAH

 

[PMF]

At it's heart, I'm seeing it as a combination of a super-hero film, but without the capes or uniforms, and a Hitchcock production, seen through the eyes of Brian De Palma, c. 1980, but now with a bit of John Wick added.

Yes, John Wick. I've been hearing a lot about him lately. Time to investigate.

 

[DavidMiller]

I really liked this movie one of my favorites last year. I thought it was very well executed and had enough twists and turns to keep you going.

 

[Sam Posten]

50 cal for the win

 

[Robert Harris]

50 cal for the win

Good of its kind, unless you've an Abrams handy.

 

[DavidJ]

One of our favorites from last year.

 

[Robert Crawford]

I really liked this movie one of my favorites last year. I thought it was very well executed and had enough twists and turns to keep you going.

Same here! I caught it during its theatrical run and have watched it again on 4K/UHD disc.

 

[Tino]

Really liked this one too. Will pick up the UHD disc when it goes on sale

 

[Sam Posten]

Good of its kind, unless you've an Abrams handy.

Funny you mention that. I do. And it's 3 feet off the ground, and firing, with laser accuracy.

17-APGLiveFire-9863 by Sam Posten III, on Flickr

 

[Dave Moritz]

Thank you for the review Robert, I will add this to my 4K UHD BD purchase list.

 

[Matt Hough]

I just watched this today on UHD. Picture and sound were superb, of course, but I was SO very impressed with the intelligence of the story construction. There were quite a few real-time and flashback stories going on but splintered and put together in a jigsaw-like format (symbolized by the puzzle the child puts together early on) that continually kept the viewer on his toes to sort everything out. The BIG revelation that I assume was meant to be a big surprise near the end was easy to spot (the character as a child just disappeared for most of the movie, so why have him if he wasn't going to turn up importantly later on), but other than that, I think this is one of the more under-appreciated movies of recent times.

 

[Robert Crawford]

I just watched this today on UHD. Picture and sound were superb, of course, but I was SO very impressed with the intelligence of the story construction. There were quite a few real-time and flashback stories going on but splintered and put together in a jigsaw-like format (symbolized by the puzzle the child puts together early on) that continually kept the viewer on his toes to sort everything out. The BIG revelation that I assume was meant to be a big surprise near the end was easy to spot (the character as a child just disappeared for most of the movie, so why have him if he wasn't going to turn up importantly later on), but other than that, I think this is one of the more under-appreciated movies of recent times.

A personal favorite film from the past year. I saw that surprise coming to, but I also loved the other surprise too.

 

[Edwin-S]

By coincidence I watched this in 4K last night. Good flick with unusual charcters and a few surprises. Top notch. I really didn't see that much resemblance to John Wick.

 

[Tino]

Still waiting for a UHD sale

 

[Matt Hough]

Still waiting for a UHD sale

I waited and waited and waited for a sale, and then just happened to find the UHD/BD set on Ebay for a very reasonable price and free shipping. Really just a fluke that I found one so cheaply.

 

[Robert Crawford]

Still waiting for a UHD sale

These Warner 4K/UHD releases don't seem to discount like other such titles from other studios.

 

[DavidJ]

These Warner 4K/UHD releases don't seem to discount like other such titles from other studios.

They really haven't so far. There are a few others I would've bought if they did.

 

[Robert Crawford]

I was talking to my sister this morning and she was telling me how much she enjoyed The Accountant. I was surprise since this film had so much violence in it, but being a former financial analyst that aspect of the film caught her eye and she was able to really enjoy this entire film.

 

[DavidMiller]

I was talking to my sister this morning and she was telling me how much she enjoyed The Accountant. I was surprise since this film had so much violence in it, but being a former financial analyst that aspect of the film caught her eye and she was able to really enjoy this entire film.

My wife was the same way, which also surprised me a bit with the violence... This was her favorite movie last year. She was an accountant and auditor so I think she like the tie in to her world. Although I have never seen her use a .50 cal sniper rifle.

 

[Mike Frezon]

Although I have never seen her use a .50 cal sniper rifle.

Well...most of the characters in the film hadn't seen Affleck's character use a rifle either...

Just sayin'.