The Accountant 2's Acquired Savant Syndrome Explained: Is The Condition Real?

The following contains spoilers for The Accountant 2, now playing in theatersThe Accountant 2 gives one of the film's most mysterious characters Acquired Savant Syndrome, but is that a real medical condition? One of the unique elements of The Accountant amid the rest of the action-thriller genre is the focus on a main character who falls on the autism spectrum. 2016's The Accountant and the subsequent sequel both highlight how Christian Wolff deals with the social challenges and the analytical skills his condition creates for him, taking real-life concepts and applying them to a larger action-film framework.