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Newsweek
4 days ago
- Business
- Newsweek
The Accountant 2 Gets New Digital Release Date
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. Entertainment gossip and news from Newsweek's network of contributors It took almost a decade for Ben Affleck to reprise his role of Christian Wolff, but less than two months for The Accountant 2 to find its way to home release. That's right. From Thursday, you'll be able to watch The Accountant 2 on Prime Video, just six weeks after its theatrical debut. Made for $80 million, The Accountant 2 had a worldwide box office taking of $101.5 million and was a hit among audiences and critics alike, who rated it 92% and 76% respectively, on review aggregate site Rotten Tomatoes. Ben Affleck as Christian Wolff and Jon Bernthal as Brax in THE ACCOUNTANT 2. Ben Affleck as Christian Wolff and Jon Bernthal as Brax in THE ACCOUNTANT 2. Courtesy of Prime Video Joined by Jon Bernthal, Affleck stars as Christian Wolff, with Cynthia Addai-Robinson starring as US Treasury Deputy Director Marybeth Medina. Gavin O'Connor returns to direct, with Bill Dubuque penning the script. If you didn't catch the film in theaters, now's your chance. We've put together a guide that includes details on where to watch The Accountant 2, as well as The Accountant 2 digital release date and The Accountant 2 streaming information. The Accountant 2 – How to Watch The Accountant 2 will be released on Prime Video platforms on June 5, 2025. The film is now available to rent and buy on places like Fandango at Home, Prime Video, Apple TV, and YouTube for $19.99 to rent and $24.99 to buy. Where Can I Watch The Accountant 2? The Accountant 2 will be available exclusively to watch on Prime Video. The film will be released on the platform on June 5, 2025. The Accountant 2 Physical Release Date There is currently no planned physical release for The Accountant 2. The Accountant 2 Digital Release Date The Accountant 2 will be available to watch digitally from June 5, 2025. Is The Accountant 2 Available to Stream in the US? The Accountant 2 will be available to stream on Prime Video from June 5, 2025. The film will be available exclusively on Prime Video. What Is The Accountant 2 About? The official synopsis for The Accountant 2, as per Amazon MGM Studios, reads:
The Sun
24-04-2025
- Entertainment
- The Sun
The Friend review: Disjointed elements make this frustrating pooch drama one for the doghouse
The Friend ★★☆☆☆ 4 4 THE tale of a reluctant owner falling in love with a problematic pooch has played out many times on the big screen. Turner & Hooch, Marley & Me and Beethoven had generations of cinemagoers sobbing over their popcorn. And now The Friend has given this well-trodden dog walk a go. Iris (Naomi Watts) is a novelist dealing with the suicide of her friend Walter (Bill Murray) — a fellow writer and troubled genius. We see snippets of their complicated friendship through flashbacks. According to Walter's wife, he requested that Iris look after his beloved rescue dog, Apollo. Iris lives in a tiny New York apartment that doesn't allow dogs and, unfortunately for her, Apollo is no chihuahua. He's actually a 150lb great Dane with a bad case of the doggy blues. Since Walter's death, Apollo has become deeply depressed. He won't eat, won't play and spends hours lying on top of one of Walter's old T-shirts breathing in his dead owner's smell. And Iris, who declares herself a 'cat person', has to try and get him out of this fog while learning a lot about herself in the process. But it's Apollo who seems so much sadder about his owner's death than any of his ex-wives, daughter or, in fact, Iris. Which is one of the many disjointed elements in this slightly frustrating film. Horror fans go wild for 'horniest' new movie after X-rated scenes in blood-soaked film_1 The viewer is invited to believe that Walter and Iris have this powerful friendship, yet she barely seems to have shed a tear over his death and even lazily arrived late to his funeral. The conversations about him lack information and left me craving another Bill Murray flashback so I could try to understand who he was myself. And the character of Iris feels weak. She doesn't finish sentences, she stares off into the distance a lot and can't seem to do a day's work without there being some sort of slightly pathetic disaster. I wanted to see her get mad or sad . . . something. Apollo is superbly cast, though, and with his big, mournful eyes and expressive head turns, he often resembles Bill Murray trapped inside a canine. And there are some lovely New York Brownstone home interiors to stare at during the Woody Allen-style dialogue. But, sadly, this pooch drama is one for doghouse. THE ACCOUNTANT 2 (15), 124mins ★★★☆☆ 4 BEN AFFLECK returns as Christian Wolff in a belated sequel to the 2016 hit that delivers plenty of guilty-pleasure action. Chris has been quietly living off-grid in Boise for a few years and is still working on shady financial jobs through his handler Justine. When a tragedy draws him back into the fray, he reconnects with Marybeth Medina (Cynthia Addai-Robinson) and his estranged brother Braxton (Jon Bernthal), an assassin now living in Europe. Where the first film took itself slightly too seriously, this follow-up embraces a more playful tone. It's a mishmash of crime syndicates, missing children and hitmen, all barely held together by a rather weak premise. But that's surely part of the appeal. Affleck keeps Chris cool and calm, while Bernthal's Braxton does what he does best: Fight first and ask questions later. Sure, the plot's a mess and the portrayal of neurodivergence might raise an eyebrow, but director Gavin O'Connor pulls off a decent crime caper as unapologetically ridiculous as it is fun. The Accountant 2 is clearly having way too much fun to worry about making perfect sense. ★★★★☆ 4 THIS striking debut from Norwegian director Emilie Blichfeldt reimagines the classic Cinderella fairytale. The film blends gothic horror, dark humour, and feminist critique, transforming the story into a grotesque, visually impressive body-horror drama with surreal undertones. Following the death of her wealthy new husband – he croaks it mid-cake at their wedding – cynical Rebekka (Ane Dahl Torp) is left broke and obsessed with marrying off her plain daughter Elvira (Lea Myren). Neglecting basic decency by leaving the corpse of her newly dead husband to rot while pouring resources into brutal beauty treatments for Elvira, Rebekka hopes to attract Prince Julian at a royal ball. Meanwhile, Elvira's rivalry with glam new stepsister Agnes (Thea Sofie Loch Naess) intensifies, especially as Elvira resorts to ingesting a tapeworm to satisfy her cake cravings. Rather than recycling clichés, Blichfeldt interrogates patriarchal ideals and fetishised beauty, pitting young women against each other. A smart, bold, and visually rich work that both enchants and challenges. By Linda Marric
The Age
23-04-2025
- Entertainment
- The Age
Action, intrigue, line-dancing – The Accountant 2 has it all
THE ACCOUNTANT 2 ★★½ MA, 133 minutes, in cinemas As viewers of Gavin O'Connor's 2016 The Accountant will recall, Christian Wolff (Ben Affleck) is much more than a guy who can help you with your taxes. He can perform complex mathematical calculations in an instant, his pattern recognition skills are off the charts, and he knows just how to dislocate someone's shoulder to cause them maximum agony. The official explanation for Christian's gifts is that he's an autistic savant, although O'Connor and screenwriter Bill Dubuque, who have both reunited with Affleck for this second outing, have no intention of painting a realistic picture of autism or anything else. In practice, Christian is the sort of fantasy figure we're used to seeing in superhero movies, who struggles to fit into everyday life but can be counted on for assistance when all else fails. Which doesn't mean he's straightforwardly a good guy. Not what you'd call a team player, he made his living in the first film cooking the books for criminal organisations from around the world, which still appears to be the status quo in part two. Personally, he's a lonesome sort, operating out of a silver mobile home like Superman's Fortress of Solitude, with no friends or even close professional associates beyond the anonymous British lady who gives him instructions over the phone, addressing him as 'dreamboat'. He does, however, have a brother: a roguish globetrotting assassin named Braxton, played by Jon Bernthal, whose role has been beefed up to compensate for the absence of Anna Kendrick, whose performance as an easily flustered fellow accountant supplied many of the first film's comic highlights.
Sydney Morning Herald
23-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Sydney Morning Herald
Action, intrigue, line-dancing – The Accountant 2 has it all
THE ACCOUNTANT 2 ★★½ MA, 133 minutes, in cinemas As viewers of Gavin O'Connor's 2016 The Accountant will recall, Christian Wolff (Ben Affleck) is much more than a guy who can help you with your taxes. He can perform complex mathematical calculations in an instant, his pattern recognition skills are off the charts, and he knows just how to dislocate someone's shoulder to cause them maximum agony. The official explanation for Christian's gifts is that he's an autistic savant, although O'Connor and screenwriter Bill Dubuque, who have both reunited with Affleck for this second outing, have no intention of painting a realistic picture of autism or anything else. In practice, Christian is the sort of fantasy figure we're used to seeing in superhero movies, who struggles to fit into everyday life but can be counted on for assistance when all else fails. Which doesn't mean he's straightforwardly a good guy. Not what you'd call a team player, he made his living in the first film cooking the books for criminal organisations from around the world, which still appears to be the status quo in part two. Personally, he's a lonesome sort, operating out of a silver mobile home like Superman's Fortress of Solitude, with no friends or even close professional associates beyond the anonymous British lady who gives him instructions over the phone, addressing him as 'dreamboat'. He does, however, have a brother: a roguish globetrotting assassin named Braxton, played by Jon Bernthal, whose role has been beefed up to compensate for the absence of Anna Kendrick, whose performance as an easily flustered fellow accountant supplied many of the first film's comic highlights.
Boston Globe
23-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Boston Globe
In ‘The Accountant 2′, Ben Affleck crunches more than numbers
What makes Christian great at both jobs? He possesses the power to do thousands of calculations in his head, and to see patterns where mere mortals cannot. This is due to him being blessed with Hollywood's version of autism, which automatically makes you an amazing savant who talks like an emotionless robot. Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter Email Sign Up Christian Wolff (Ben Affleck) in THE ACCOUNTANT 2. (Amazon MGM Studios) Amazon MGM Studios Advertisement 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. While it's often amusing to watch a blank-faced Affleck dislocate shoulders after explaining how much it's going to hurt, other scenes are not so funny. Take an early sequence where he rigs a speed dating service app so all the women are assigned to his table at the meetup. 'The Accountant 2″ goes through an entire montage of Christian alienating the women, intercut with a scene of him walking the stunned event planners through how he gamed the system. Advertisement On a more positive note, Christian's nonverbal handler, Justine (Allison Robertson takes over the role; Alison Wright returns as her computer generated voice) and her crew are all neurodivergent experts who assist him with surveillance, hacking and finding pertinent information in a preternaturally quick fashion. They're the usual team you'd find in movies like this and the 'Mission: Impossible' series. Representation matters, but I question the downside of the monolithic representation Hollywood affords the autistic. Anais (Daniella Pineda) and Ray King (J.K. Simmons) in THE ACCOUNTANT 2. (Warrick Page/Amazon MGM Studios) Warrick Page/Amazon MGM Studios But I digress. In this sequel, the siblings are thrown into another violent caper. This one involves the mysterious death that opens the film. Treasury director Ray King (J.K. Simmons, reprising his role) meets a mysterious blonde woman named Anais (Daniella Pineda) whose deadly evasion skills prove she's some kind of government operative and assassin. King ends up shot to death, but before a different set of goons gun him down, he writes 'find the accountant' on his arm. King's death is part of a bigger conspiracy that involves the kidnapping of an El Salvadorean boy and the disappearance of his parents. His murder case is assigned to FBI agent Marybeth Medina (Cynthia Addai-Robinson). She follows King's advice and calls the accountant, but she's repulsed by the rule-breaking tactics of the Wolff brothers. While I'm complaining about tired tropes in movies, please indulge me one more. Medina's character is the spoilsport woman cliché who always tells the hero that he shouldn't do the one thing you came to see him do. This nagging character is usually in biopics about 'great men,' and is so played out that you can find TikTok videos of female comedians mocking the character mercilessly. Addai-Robinson's talents deserve better. Advertisement Christian Wolff (Ben Affleck) and Brax (Jon Bernthal) in THE ACCOUNTANT 2. (Amazon MGM Studios) Amazon MGM Studios 'The Accountant 2″ is at its best and most entertaining when dealing with the bickering brothers Wolff. It's been eight years since they've seen each other (the same distance between 'Accountant' films), and old gripes re-emerge. Bernthal is excellent as the more emotional counterpoint to Affleck, and the two play that chemistry to great comic effect. Both are lonely man-children trying to show brotherly love in the only ways they can. Their arguments provide a welcome diversion while we await the film's violent, bullet-filled climax. Meanwhile, a scene where Christian cuts loose in a line dance has the potential to be cringeworthy, but the two actors turn it into a sweet bonding moment. While the film's way of dealing with mental issues is iffy, there's one intriguing plotline involving a woman whose head trauma made her an amoral and extremely affective killer. It would be a spoiler to reveal the true identity of this character, so I'll just say that she drives the action in unexpected ways, leading to a coda that I wish were better executed. You don't need Christian Wolff's powers of deduction to predict the inevitable 'The Accountant 3.' That is, if the box office balances the books. ★★1/2 THE ACCOUNTANT 2 Directed by Gavin O'Connor. Written by Bill Dubuque. Starring Ben Affleck, Jon Bernthal, Cynthia Addai-Robinson, J.K. Simmons, Daniella Pineda, Allison Robertson, Alison Wright. At AMC Boston Common, Landmark Kendall Square, Alamo Drafthouse Seaport, AMC Causeway, suburbs. 132 min. R (the bottom line shows violence and profanity) Odie Henderson is the Boston Globe's film critic.
