‘Loopy’ action thriller lands on Amazon Prime with viewers cancelling weekend plans to watch
Get yourself in front of the TV for this.
A new action thriller film has already landed on Amazon Prime Video despite its UK cinema release date only coming two months ago.
The Accountant 2, starring Ben Affleck, is a sequel to the 2016 action film The Accountant, which also starred Ben in the lead role of Christian Wolff.
Following the story of autistic accountant Christian, The Accountant followed Ben’s character as he secretly reworked accounts for international criminal organisations.
It received a mixed response from critics, and has a 53% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, but has developed a cult following in the nine years since its release.
And while it was made on a budget of $44million (£32.5m), the film – directed by Gavin O’Connor – made back $155m (£115m) at the global box office.
Starring Anna Kendrick too, The Accountant was popular with viewers, and a sequel was greenlit by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer after years of development.
The Accountant original was released in 2016 (Picture: Amazon Prime Video)Directed again by Gavin O’Connor, The Accountant 2 saw Ben Affleck reprise his role and starred opposite Jon Bernthal, Cynthia Addai-Robinson, and JK Simmons once more.
The sequel sees Christian drawn back into the criminal underworld after a mutual acquaintance is killed, uncovering a deadly conspiracy along the way.
Critics were much kinder to it upon release earlier this year, with the film currently boasting a solid 72% critical rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on more than 200 reviews.
Ben and Jon’s on-screen chemistry as brothers has been praised (Picture: Amazon Prime Video)
