He’s back and still better at math than you’ll ever be.
In The Accountant 2, Ben Affleck reprises his role as Christian Wolff — the number-crunching, bone-breaking savant who can balance ledgers and body counts. This time, he’s teaming up with his equally dangerous brother, because nothing says family like a shared love of high-stakes bookkeeping and low-volume homicide.
But does this sequel cook the books or is it the cinematic equivalent of hiding cash under the mattress?
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🎬 Movie Details
• Release Dates:
○ Premiered at SXSW: March 8, 2025
○ US Theatrical Release: April 25, 2025
○ Streaming on Prime Video from June 5, 2025
• Runtime: 132 minutes
• Rating: R (strong violence & language)
• Directed by: Gavin O’Connor
• Written by: Bill Dubuque
• Main Cast:
○ Ben Affleck (Christian Wolff)
○ Jon Bernthal (Braxton “Brax” Wolff)
○ Cynthia Addai‑Robinson (Marybeth Medina)
○ Daniella Pineda (Anaïs)
○ J.K. Simmons (Ray King)
💰 Box Office & Budget
• Budget: ~$80 million en.wikipedia.org
• Global Gross: $102.1 million (USA/Canada: $65.5 m; rest-world: $36.6 m)
⭐ Critical Reception
• Rotten Tomatoes: 77% critics, avg rating 6.2/10 — “Improving on the original by leaning into Ben Affleck and Jon Bernthal's buddy comedy chemistry…”
• Metacritic: 58/100 (“mixed or average”)
• Audience Score: CinemaScore A–; PostTrak: 68% would “definitely recommend”
🧠 Plot Overview (No Major Spoilers)
Christian Wolff is drawn back in when his old mentor, FinCEN director Ray King, is murdered. A cryptic message—“find the accountant”—leads Treasury deputy Marybeth Medina to recruit him. Together (with help from hacker Justine and some autistic youth), they unravel a conspiracy involving human trafficking and corrupt officials. Christian enlists his estranged brother Brax for backup, and the duo goes all-in to handle the bad guys.
👍 Highlights & Critic Summaries
• Affleck + Bernthal chemistry always hits—mixing dark humor with brotherly banter .
• Flood of action—reviewers praised its escalation (“starts off with a bang... finale making it worth the price of entry”)
• Improved tone—leaning into buddy-comedy vibes made it slicker than the first
• Narrative issues—some critics found the plot convoluted with plot holes (“messy, poorly connected subplots”)
Reddit fans summed it up:
“The Accountant 2 is an agreeably loopy hyperviolent good time… one of the only thrillers… you could characterize as a hangout movie.”
🔧 Fun Facts
• A true sequel: It picks up nine years after the original film’s story .
• Trilogy planned: Gavin O’Connor is already developing The Accountant 3, expected as a “Rain Man on steroids” road trip thriller
• Principal photography: Filmed March–August 2024 in California with cinematographer Seamus McGarvey
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