The Accountant 2 (2025)

A dead man with "find the accountant" written on his arm is how this sequel says hello, and it’s the last subtle thing it does. Ben Affleck’s Christian Wolff, still all ledgers and flat affect, gets pulled into a missing-family case by Cynthia Addai-Robinson’s Marybeth Medina, who does not trust him one bit. He builds a giant collage of clues, his old ally Justine runs the hacking from New Hampshire, and then he calls his estranged brother Braxton. That phone call is the whole movie. Jon Bernthal plays Braxton like a hit man who badly wants a hug, and the two of them bickering is funnier than the fight scenes are exciting. The case itself is murky, the villains are thin, and 132 minutes is a lot of plot to wade through between brother scenes. It made $103.3 million worldwide on a reported $80M budget. A 6.1 because the brothers are great company and the mystery is filler. $461.15 says you lose your keys this week and start sketching an evidence wall to find them.

What works: Affleck and Bernthal have real brotherly chemistry, and the comedy between them is the sequel’s best weapon.

What doesn’t: The missing-family mystery is murky and slow, and the villains barely register as people.

Who it’s for: People who liked the first one for the brothers, and every calm sibling stuck in a loud family.