The Accountant 2 (2025)

 

The Accountant 2 (2025)

 

7/10

Starring

Ben Affleck

Jon Bernthal

Cynthia Addai-Robinson

Daniella Pineda

 

 

Directed by Gavin O’Connor

 

Let me start by saying all the things I do not like about this movie. First thing being, it is not like the first movie, which had a thriller-focused plot. This movie lures you into thinking that, but then delves into a comedic brother dynamic, lost memories, missing people, and many characters’ lives intertwining here and there.

Second, because of this change in focus, the plot points are numerous. And even though that can be engaging cinema, it also leaves room for unresolved issues or convoluted tying up of loose ends — which happens here.

Lastly, the character Christian Wolff/The Accountant (Ben Affleck), who is autistic and launders money for top criminals, was portrayed in an all-too-generic way that we see in movies.

What worked for me — Affleck and Jon Bernthal amazingly played off one another. Then the movie has a tense buildup, which is one of the amazing things about it. This comes from the powerful acting displayed by the leads, Affleck and Addai-Robinson, and I will need to applaud the director for that too.

Another amazing thing done by the writers — and I believe the director — is the way the movie is crafted to continue from the first movie, but you do not need to see or read about the first to enjoy this.

The movie plot is about human trafficking, and it winds up on itself a lot. The moment the movie develops in the middle, everything that happens in the beginning starts to become fuzzy and makes very little to no sense.

But as I said, the movie is about human trafficking, and it starts with former FinCEN director Ray King calling a lady assassin and asking her to help look for a family. That meetup ended with Ray getting killed, and when his body was found, he had written on his arm “FIND THE ACCOUNTANT."

Medina was called (now the new FinCEN director), and she was able to track down Chris. Together, they started to try and unravel the mystery in Ray’s apartment about the family he was looking for. Chris, seeing that the job would require assistance, called his brother Braxton (Bernthal) to come assist. So together, the three of them are trying to solve the mystery of Ray’s death and how it connected to the family he was looking for.

So, in the end, it was a fun watch, and if there is a third, I will watch. You can tell by the end that the movie would have been better if the plot stayed focused on one story and didn’t have too many plot points. But if you can overlook them and not try to see a resolution to everything, you will like this movie the more.

I am not a fan of Ben Affleck and his work, but this one is good enough to be enjoyed by anyone. Will I recommend it? Yes, I will — it is worth seeing.