Eight years after the first film, one of Ben Affleck's most divisive thrillers gets a sequel update
Mar. 8, 2024Two Marvel stars are back on board for the sequel
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According toThe Hollywood Reporter, the second installment is already deep into the casting process and has multiple stars from the first movie back on board includingSpider-Man’s J.K. Simmons,The Punisher’s Jon Bernthal, andShooter’s Cynthia Addai-Robinson, alongside lead Affleck.
The first movie follows corrupt accountant Christian Wolff (Affleck) who works for various illegal companies and manipulates their financial records. One day he attracts the attention of the FBI, so to cover his tracks he takes up a legitimate client to throw off officers, but in doing so he digs himself deeper into a criminal organization out of his control.
However, it will be interesting to see if the sequel causes just as much of a rift between audiences and critics as the first film did. From its time of release up until now, The Accountant has attracted very divisive reviews, and currently sits at a 56% critic score onRotten Tomatoes, compared to a much more impressive audience score of 76%.
Many critics complained of the film’s messy storyline and “structural zig-zagging” as Brian Eggert fromDeep Focus Reviewputs it. But fans disagree,as one writes"It’s an action film that delivers on its promise…there’s definitely room for improvement but there’s fighting and guns and cool scenes that are just enough for me to turn my brain off and enjoy."
Not much is known about the plot for number 2, and the movie does not yet have a release date, but with the original cast returning, we can expect The Accounatnt 2 to pick up where the original left off.
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