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I really like The Accountant. It dared to change the action movie lead role with an autistic character, providing a very interesting role. How would the combination of strengths and weaknesses that The Accountant's condition play out in the dangerous world of international criminals and hitmen?

It was this combination of obsessive/compulsive need for order and completion, combined with an inability to empathise or understand social interactions, that made Affleck's character, Christian Wolff, so interesting.

In the sequel, the writing is not as focused on Affleck in the same way. Instead the focus is on the relationship between him and his brother (Bernthal). While well acted, this simply does not have the same appeal. The movie shines when Wolff's neurodivergence is front and centre, but otherwise it feels like any other generic action-thriller (albeit a well-done one).

The Accountant 2 doubles down on the action and humor over the first film. It does however try to juggle too many subplots that are poorly connected, leading to a less coherent film and a lack of a singular, hateable villain.

On the plus side, making Jon Bernthal a co-lead this time was incredibly smart. He and Affleck have great chemistry and Bernthal's Braxton is both a lethal threat and downright hilarious. This is easily his best role since The Punisher.

Like the first film, action isn't the primary focus, with a lot of time spent on enjoyable character moments. But when the action does arrive, it really delivers. Depending on what the new Mission: Impossible has in store for us, the Juarez shootout in this film may go down as the best action sequence of the year.

Again, I wish more of the character development had been focused on the villains, so we'd have a central antagonist who seems like a real threat. Instead we get several boring micro-villains.

I also wish the writing and editing were working in better harmony to bring us a more coherent story.

But all that said, Affleck and Bernthal have charm to spare, the final act is awesome, and this is a decent follow up to the admittedly better first film. 7/10.

The Accountant, like pizza, is decent even when mediocre. Unfortunately, like most sequels, this doesn't measure up to the original. The story and characters are more bland and vague where they shouldn't be, and more detailed and defined where it doesn't really help. Frankly, it turned out more like a generic TV action movie. More of the same, but not as good. Bad guys get killed, but the reasons are far more generic and vague. The story and plausibility took a big hit. Not all the action sequences works as well as the last one. They tried to me more jokey here, but only about half land. But, given the sad state of movies these days, I don't mind supporting a "noble" effort.

Now understand. I absolutely love the original Accountant. This second one has horrible writers!!! The story drags alot in the film. The combat and most of the fight scenes are absolutely horrible. The comedy is ok. But, damn... did none of the original writers come back to make this film. I am so disappointed. It was like a lot of amateurs were brought in to make this film. I was so anticipating the release of this movie only to be massively let down. I know Hollywood is gone to garbage, but come on people. Don't low ball a sequel to an awesome film. I do not recommend this film at all. Blah.

... otherwise the autistic savant just might maim, shoot, or cyberhack you into painful oblivion. The "Accountant 2" (A2) is a fairly predictable, average action sequel. Affleck's and Bernthal's portrayals as brothers provide some expanded interaction (and sometimes humorous banter) of their sibling relationship. The whole "autism is a gift" angle of A2 really BREAKS believability-as Affleck's former rural academy of autistic savants are more like Professor Xiaver's mutant X-men, than a more realistic school for young gifted people on the spectrum. It helps that Affleck's Autism Academy has more surveillance, encrypted communications, and cyber spy/warfare capabilities than any current superpower-to jump over gaping plot holes and pesky contrivances to keep the "BANG BANG" going. If you liked the original "Accountant" arrange your breakfast with obsessive compulsion, or like to file tax returns, there is exactly a 50/50 probability you might like A2. Viewed on Prime streaming.