John Milton is up against the clock: Jonah King, the leader of a Satanic cult, has murdered Milton's daughter and kidnapped her baby. In three days, King and his followers will sacrifice the child at midnight. Milton picks up the trail in Oklahoma as well as rescuing a waitress named Piper from her brutal, two-timing fiancé. There are odd things about Milton: his driver's license is out of date, he has a very strange gun, and he's being pursued by a man in a suit who carries FBI ID and calls himself the Accountant. Piper, who's lived a life on the sidelines, has to piece things together on the fly as they close in on King.
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The name of Nicolas Cage's character is John Milton. This is likely a reference to Paradise Lost, an epic about Satan's expulsion from Heaven and the creation of Hell, which was written by John Milton.
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Goofs
Continuity:
Near the end of the motor-home chase, the trunk lid of the Charger is damaged and flapping open as the car goes over bumps, but when they stop beside the road, the trunk lid is closed and shows no visible damage.
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Quotes
[first lines]
The Accountant:
Since the birth of time, humanity has endeavored to restrain evil men in prisons. But since Cain fled the murder of his brother, evil men have fled the walls of punishment. So, it doesn't matter if you're a bad-ass motherfucker on the run, because you think you're better than everyone else, and somehow entitled to do what you gotta do. No. Because you see bad-ass motherfuckers are never fast enough. In the end, they will all be accounted for. See more »
Crazy Credits
The end credits are shown down a speeding broken highway
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"SANDMAN"
Written by Lee Bunnell Arranged by Michael Wandmacher Performed by Robbyn Kirmssé Published by Warner Chappell Music, Inc. o/b/o WB Music Corp (ASCAP) Courtesy of Electroganic Music
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