The Accountant 2 - Prime Video

Stembolt

June 5, 2025

AlphaPhoenix

Thanks! Been waiting for this.

Stembolt

Now available.

urbanriot

I’m curious from anyone who may have watched both more recently, does the first have any bearing on the second? I saw the first many years ago but remember nothing about it.

urbanriot

… all right, you guys took too long to answer so I watched The Accountant on Friday night and The Accountant 2 on Saturday night and it’s definitely advisable to watch them back to back even if you’ve seen the first one already.

They both have plenty of action, they’re both a little quirky with a mild sense of humor, and the action is very well done. The style is very similar to the first one where two paths collide on the path of our characters solving mysteries.

AlphaPhoenix

urbanriot why? Is it simply because the styles are similar, or is it because the stories are actually connected and then you need to go back to the first one to really get a better understanding of the second one?

ugly95

I did see this one. It was pretty good. I thought it was a bit slow in the beginning.

I don’t really remember the first one at all. I probably did see it, but don’t remember the plot at all.

It doesn’t seem like knowing anything about the first affects the enjoyment of this movie. There were a number of references to something that happened in Chicago sprinkled throughout. I assume those were about the first movie. But at no point did I feel like I needed to know what happened.

urbanriot

AlphaPhoenix

why? Is it simply because the styles are similar, or is it because the stories are actually connected and then you need to go back to the first one to really get a better understanding of the second one?

Yes, and also yes. But not as a requirement, only to enhance enjoyment. It’s more of a mood than a necessity.

The first movie explained why one of the brothers was the way he was and queued up two independent stories to intersect that you wanted to see them intersect. The sequel basically starts with that as a premise and it works well while expanding on the people in the background that were affecting the first movie.

Both movies have the same writer and the same director which enhances that stylistic feeling, watching both together is almost like watching a miniseries.

I hope they make a third.