The Accountant 2 Is a Shaggy, Silly Bro-Hangout Movie
The Accountant was a conceptually odd movie: On the one hand, it was a wonky corporate thriller about a neurodivergent savant digging through receipts to uncover crimes and conspiracies. On the other hand, it was a shoot-’em-up about a remorseless killer with nearly superhuman abilities, who finishes the movie by gunning down an army of well-armed thugs.
The odd thing about the movie is that the killer and the neurodivergent savant are the same guy—as if being autistic not only made him brilliant at math, but murder. Even odder still, they were both played by Ben Affleck.Â
This was not the sort of movie that demands a sequel. Who, after nearly a decade, was demanding more accounting, or more remorseless killing? Well, apparently Ben Affleck, who returns as star and producer for The Accountant 2.Â
This time, if anything, the twin prongs of the premise sit even more uneasily together. The follow-up features even more punching and shooting, largely at the expense of the movie’s titular professional responsibilities. Yes, there are a few scenes that rely on math-wizardry and nearly superhuman pattern recognition. But Affleck’s accountant character,
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