Ben Affleck’s ‘logic-free’ Hollywood return

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If Ben Affleck’s unexpected sequel The Accountant 2 and the ultra-realistic Warfare get pulses racing, then the charming The Penguin Lessons it the perfect antidote

If Ben Affleck’s unexpected sequel The Accountant 2 and the ultra-realistic Warfare get pulses racing, then the charming The Penguin Lessons it the perfect antidote

THE ACCOUNTANT 2 (MA15+)

Director: Gavin O’Connor (The Accountant)

Starring: Ben Affleck, Jon Bernthal, Daniella Pineda.

Stepping off the ledger a second time

Just like a problematic tax return, the filing of The Accountant 2 into cinemas is a marked case of better late than never at all.

If you happened to catch the original The Accountant back in 2016, chances are you had a guilty-pleasure good time witnessing the antics of Ben Affleck’s unlikely he-man hero Christian Wolff.

This seemingly mild-mannered dude was an on-the-spectrum, off-the-books money launderer with a sideline in crunching crooks to a pulp as if they were numbers on a page.

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