'The Accountant 2' Premiered At SXSW And First Reactions Say Jon Bernthal Bolsters Ben Affleck’s ‘Brother Buddy Comedy’

Movie lovers at SXSW are getting a first look at plenty of highly anticipated projects coming to the 2025 movie calendar and that includes the next project from Ben Affleck — "The Accountant 2." The upcoming action movie is a sequel to the 2016 flick that again centers around Affleck’s autistic accountant Christian. Matt Damon showed up to support his BFF at the SXSW premiere in Texas, but what are audiences saying?

In addition to Ben Affleck, Jon Bernthal co-stars as Christian’s estranged brother Braxton. Cynthia Addai-Robinson and J. K. Simmons reprise their roles from the first film as well, though the trailer confirms a big character death. Ranking the movie 8 out of 10, Ryan Scott of SlashFilm says "The Accountant 2" is funnier than the first movie but not devoid of heart, and it makes Affleck’s character more three dimensional. In short, it improves on its predecessor in every way.