The story? You know the drill. Forensic accountant Christian Wolff joins forces with his brother Brax to pursue their target. Standard stuff I won’t bore you with. It’s the same story that’s been done before, sadly without anything new and exciting to care about or even believe.
The real issue lies within the script and the dialogue. I’m convinced some parts of the dialogue felt so unnatural that they must have been AI-generated. Case in point: this random bar scene. Ben Affleck performs an odd line dance with a random woman that never plays into any part of the story. What was the point?
The only thing that saves this film from being a total disaster is John Bernthal’s performance. That man is so un-derated and was very good in this film. The “Accountant 2” would have been a total disaster without the inclusion of Brax as a character. His genuine light-heartedness pervades throughout the entire movie.
The fight scenes were another highlight. They weren’t overdone or overly choreographed. They felt… cool. These too saved the film from being a complete goose egg.
I’m not going to drag this out. I rate “The Accountant 2” at two stars. I only give it a rating of two because John Bernthal delivered a strong performance which combined with entertaining fight scenes prevented the film from being rated one star. But everything else? What a mess. A hot mess.
