Movie Review - The Accountant 2

Director: Gavin O’Connor
Genre: Action/ Crime/ Thriller
Runtime: 132 minutes
Year: 2025
Starring: Ben Affleck, Jon Bernthal, J.K. Simmons, Cynthia Addai-Robinson
 
Description: Christian Wollf (Ben Affleck) applies his brilliant mind in illegal methods to reconstruct the unsolved puzzle of a Treasury chief’s murder.
 
Review: “The Accountant” came out in 2016. I highly enjoyed it, even rewatched it earlier this year. Ben Affleck is not a favorite of mine, but in “The Accountant” I really loved his performance. Never thought it would ever get a sequel. And after seeing “The Accountant 2”, I believe it didn’t really need on.
An acquaintance of accountant Chris Wolff is murdered while making contact with a female killer. Before his death, he wrote a message on his arm: “find the accountant”. FBI agent Marybeth Medina does just that, but she discovers that Wolff uses very unorthodox methods. When Chris’ brother Braxton joins them, she can no longer handle the situation.

It’s a fairly straightforward story. But the tone of this movie is different from its predecessor. The first film a good, solid thriller. It had my attention from start to finish. It had some humor, but in this second film it has the overhand sometimes. And I didn’t like that. I felt out of place and Chris Wolff felt different as a character as well. This was probably because Jon Bernthal’s Braxton had a bigger part in this story. And although I love Bernthal, it no longer felt like Wolff’s story. It was just another action thriller.    

The action sequences are very strong. Those were probably the best parts of the film. But overall, I prefer the first film and would’ve been fine with the story being left there. You can easily watch this film without having seen the first, but I would recommend you to watch “The Accountant” and skip the sequel. A shift in tone can work in your favor, but here it did the opposite.

Rating: 3/ 5