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The Accountant 2 Can Not Be Taken Seriously
Do not approach this sequel, starring Ben Affleck as an underworld accountant again, with any sort of sobriety.
His nonverbal handler, Justine (whose computer-generated voice continues to be provided by Alison Wright, though she’s now played by Allison Robertson), is an amazing hacker, and in the sequel she leads a crew of similarly adept young proteges at her institute for the neurodivergent, which looks more and more like Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters. On that note, the climatic action sequence is a disappointing morass of gunfire that takes place in the outskirts of Juarez, but the movie gets in some better ones earlier on, capitalizing on the contrast between Braxton’s zest for violence versus Chris’s clinical approach (the best part of Affleck’s performance in this role, aside from transmitting the character’s genuine enthusiasm for the tax code, is his dispassionate expression as he dislocates someone’s shoulder or puts two shots in someone’s body and then one more in the head). The plot, which involves a human trafficking operation, is unfolded so messily as to barely be parseable, and Cynthia Addai-Robinson returns in the utterly thankless role of Marybeth Medina, Raymond’s by-the-book successor, who is tasked with scolding and finger-wagging at the brothers while also relying on their help and using them to get others to break the rules.
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