9 Years Later, Ben Affleck's Most Surprising Action Thriller Franchise Is Raising The Stakes

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In 2016, Ben Affleck’s The Accountant became a sleeper hit — much to anyone’s surprise. Affleck’s high-functioning autistic accountant drew a few raised eyebrows for his portayal of autism as a kind of superpower — a retrograde depiction of spectrum disorder even back then. But the movie became a hit, and soon, a sequel was greenlit, with Affleck, Jon Bernthal, Cynthia Addai-Robinson, and J.K. Simmons all reprising their roles.

Except in The Accountant 2, Simmons’ Ray King starts off dead, kicking off a conspiracy that will force Affleck’s Christian Wolff, his brother Brax (Bernthal), and Addai-Robinson’s Treasury agent Marybeth Medina to join forces to find King’s killer. Watch the first trailer for The Accountant 2 below.