Its a little different from the first one, but whos counting?
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A pitch for theAccountantfranchise sounds like a joke fromThe Studio.
“He’s a superhero, and you know what his power is?
Ben Affleck and Jon Bernthal in ‘The Accountant 2’.Credit:Courtesy of Amazon MGM Studios
And once you get past the “how the hell did this get made?”
questions, you will likely find yourself enjoying this extremely entertaining movie.
He is still in touch with Justine, his computer wizz partner with nonverbal autism who communicates via computer.
Ben Affleck as Christian Wolff in ‘The Accountant 2’.Courtesy of Prime Video
And unless you know whatEBITDAstands for, you’ll be glad she does.
That’s when the movie slips into a groove of envelope-pushing violent comedy.
He has an ace up his sleeve.
Daniella Pineda as Anais and J.K. Simmons as Ray King in ‘The Accountant 2’.Warrick Page/Prime
What’s with these people?
Why not just sell fish?
I’ll never understand criminals, I guess.
Jon Bernthal as Brax in ‘The Accountant 2’.Warrick Page/Prime
In other words, she got bonked on the head and now is the Terminator.
Devising such a movie may push everyone to their limits, however.
The ludicrousness on display here is enormous.
I haven’t even gotten to the Accountant using his analysis skills to hack the art of line dancing.
Somehow, the numbers all add up.Grade: B
