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BRIAN VINER reviews The Accountant 2: More bad news for Ben Affleck as his first film since J.Lo divorce is branded 'wildly convoluted' with 'no credibility'
BRIAN VINER: As if to make up for arguably the most boring title of any film in the history of cinema, The Accountant 2 begins with a blaze of action, incongruously enough in a bingo hall.
Most of these feature Ben Affleck, returning as autistic number-cruncher Christian Wolff, whose remarkable skills as a mathematical savant are usefully complemented by an awesome talent for punching and shooting his way out of any perilous situation. Christian used to deploy his talents for criminal purposes, laundering money for mobsters, but now Ray’s former underling Marybeth Medina (Cynthia Addai-Robinson) needs his help smashing a callous people-trafficking operation (pictured) In a way it’s a shame that Hardy must abide by these humdrum cliches of the genre, because he’s actually pretty terrific in Havoc — as good at being Walker as Clint Eastwood was at being Harry Callahan and Al Pacino was at being Frank Serpico, just to name two other non-conformist cops from the zillions we’ve seen.
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