Now on Prime Video: 'The Accountant 2' Forgets What Made the First One So Much Fun

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2016’s The Accountant was a weird, lightning-in-a-bottle film that found unexpected popularity thanks in no small part to its dad appeal. Ben Affleck starred as Christian Wolff, a neurodivergent accountant who cleaned the books for notorious criminals and was also a highly skilled killer, thanks to his strict military upbringing and training. He gets embroiled in a scheme involving a crooked robotics executive, and mayhem ensues. Throw in Jon Bernthal as his gruff mercenary brother and Anna Kendrick at her perkiest and most awkward, and a surprise recipe for success was made.

More surprising still: nine years later, we’re getting a sequel to this daffy B-movie hodgepod

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