The Accountant²

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"The Accountant 2 turns out to be a surprisingly superior sequel to the original, driven by the smart bet on the fraternal relationship between Ben Affleck and Jon Bernthal.

Featuring more polished action set pieces, genuinely funny moments, and enough emotional depth to engage the audience, Gavin O'Connor delivers a story that is both highly entertaining and thrilling, falling short of greatness only due to an overabundance of secondary threads and occasional narrative loss of focus.

Still, the impeccable chemistry of its lead duo and the honest - if imperfect - attempt to tackle sensiti...

To be honest, Id completely forgotten about the original Accountant (2016) so wasnt expecting much from this. Thing is, its quite good fun as the meticulous bean-counter with some deep, dark, secrets (Ben Affleck) has to team up with his estranged brother Braxton (Jon Bernthal) and an even less willing government agent Medina (Cynthia Addai-Robinson) to try to discover just why her boss (J.K. Simmons) was gunned down after a clandestine meeting in a dodgy nightclub. It seems that the siblings have more in common that we (or she) might have expected, and when their techniques manage to successfully marry ones access to cutting edge technology with the others propensity to punch first and sweep up after, she finds herself terribly conflicted....

"Accountant 2" is an inadequate sequel to a vastly superior, original action thriller.

Regrettably, unlike the original film this is a production that doesn't know what it wants to be. Is it an action film or perhaps a comedy?

The result is confused and frankly, irritating. The poorly devised comedic elements get in the way of what should be a sophisticated, serious, action film. Its akin to a moron with a air horn and bad jokes, turning up at a Shakespeare festival.

Suffice to say, you can probably skip the first twenty or so minutes of this film and it wont make an iotas difference, to the story. Unless, of course, you enjoy watching an accountant with an autism spectrum disorder, try to date the cast, of desperate house wives...