The Accountant 2

It's a mixed bag, but it has enough working for it that it's worth checking out.

When it's the two of playing off each other, it works quite well.

The rest of the movie may still be as messy, but when Affleck and Bernthal are on screen together, you almost forget that none of it makes that much sense.

I’m tired of this stereotypical depiction of autism. It’s as if Hollywood has to assign superpowers to people on the spectrum in order for them to be accepted by mainstream audiences.

Affleck and Bernthal are in immediate harmony. Better than that, they make this strange, complicated, and honestly rather heartbreaking sibling relationship instantaneously genuine.

Even allowing for a certain level of baseline tastelessness in a contemporary Hollywood action movie, The Accountant 2 is nasty stuff.

This sequel is, at its core, a superhero movie for those who are fed up with people in tights but who love action scenes and improbable but exciting and/or fun scenarios. [Full review in Spanish]

...while the film delivers visual polish and charismatic performances, it occasionally mistakes complexity for depth—stretching itself too thin when it should be hitting hard and fast.

The Accountant 2 was overdue given the gap from the 2016 original, but the sequel proved more than worth the wait thanks to a fun shift in tone while retaining most of what made the initial film so entertaining.

What a confounding mess.