Ben Affleck is again within the highlight and shortly on cinema screens, due to the South by Southwest premiere of the keenly awaited sequel The Accountant 2, set to grace theaters by way of Amazon MGM Studios.
Off-screen, the multihyphenate filmmaker resurfaces amid a plethora of self-contradictory rumors surrounding his romance with ex-wife Jennifer Garner, contemporary off his break up from Jennifer Lopez, a juncture preserving tabloids busy. On-screen, Affleck’s profession shifts with this follow-up to the beloved 2016 actioner. Whereas it has a big set of devotees, the unique Accountant didn’t precisely meet expectations, one thing the sequel appears to have circumvented.
Co-starring Jon Bernthal, The Accountant 2’s first screenings have incited fairly a stir amongst basic audiences, particularly for a movie that includes Affleck as a lead. On Rotten Tomatoes, it sits at an authorized “contemporary” 86%, with 22 critics having taken a swing at it. Sixteen recommended the movie, yielding a median rating of 6.5/10 — a quantity indicative of popcorn leisure. The Accountant 2 stands outdoors the “prime critics” realm for now, as large shops have but to weigh in.
Over on Metacritic, The Accountant 2 rests at 60 from 11 critiques, within the yellow zone simply shy of “typically favorable critiques.” For Affleck’s profession as an actor, this comfortably surmounts his Batman turns in Justice League (40%) and all his different DC Prolonged Universe tasks, in addition to The Accountant (53%) itself. It falls wanting his Oscar-winning Argo (96%), The City (92%), and classics equivalent to Chasing Amy and Gone Woman (each at 87%), however nonetheless marks one in every of his greatest solo leads but.
For Jon Bernthal, The Accountant 2 trails his prime film Ford v Ferrari (92%), tops his MCU present The Punisher (64%), and yields the same response to the premiere of his newest Marvel collection, Daredevil: Born Once more (83%).
The Accountant 2 marks the return of Christian Wolff (Ben Affleck), the titular math whiz turned underworld fixer, who’s introduced on board to unravel a homicide thriller. Wolff is joined by his estranged brother Brax (Bernthal), each festered by related scars from their previous. Director Gavin O’Connor shepherds them as they dodge crime lords, chasing money and clues via an internet of hazard.
J.Okay. Simmons and Cynthia Addai-Robinson additionally reprise their roles from The Accountant, whereas Anna Kendrick, who additionally occurred to attend the SXSW competition due to the premiere of One other Easy Favor earlier within the week, sits this one out.
The Accountant 2 is about to reach in theaters on April 25.
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