Los Angeles, May 2, 2025 — The action thriller sequel The Accountant 2, which hit theaters on April 25, isn’t just about high-stakes number-crunching and gunfights. It’s got a surprising knack for humor, with moments that have audiences chuckling in their seats. Directed by Gavin O’Connor and starring Ben Affleck as the brilliant but socially awkward Christian Wolff, the film leans into comedy in ways its 2016 predecessor barely touched. Here are five scenes that stand out for their sharp, laugh-out-loud wit, drawn straight from the film’s official rollout and press details.
First up, there’s the country bar line-dancing scene. Wolff, the autistic forensic accountant who moonlights as a lethal fixer, finds himself in a cowboy joint, way out of his comfort zone. On April 27, a detailed breakdown of the sequence revealed Affleck’s character clumsily joining a line dance alongside his estranged brother Brax, played by Jon Bernthal. The sight of Wolff, all stiff limbs and deadpan focus, trying to keep up with the boot-scooting crowd is pure gold. Bernthal’s Brax eggs him on, smirking, and the brothers’ mismatched energy lands like a well-timed jab.
Then there’s the moment Brax spills his heart about wanting a puppy. In a press conference on April 27, Bernthal described how his character, a tough-as-nails assassin, gets unexpectedly vulnerable. During a quiet beat in their mission, Brax muses about getting a dog to cure his loneliness. Wolff, ever the literalist, shuts it down with a curt, “I’m a cat person. I don’t keep a regular schedule.” The dry delivery and sibling bickering caught reporters off guard, sparking laughs for its sheer randomness.
Another gem comes when Wolff tackles a dating app’s algorithm as a side gig. Official plot summaries note that Wolff, while unraveling a murder conspiracy, takes a detour to fix a matchmaking service’s code. In a scene highlighted at the South by Southwest premiere on March 8, he grills the app’s flustered CEO with hyper-detailed questions about user preferences, his monotone voice clashing with the CEO’s panic. It’s a brief but biting nod to Wolff’s obsessive precision, played for laughs without overdoing it.
The fourth standout is a heated exchange between Wolff and Treasury Agent Marybeth Medina, portrayed by Cynthia Addai-Robinson. During a strategy session, Medina tries to rein in Wolff’s unorthodox methods. A clip released on April 21 shows Wolff responding with a blunt, “I don’t do normal,” before rattling off a string of financial jargon that leaves Medina visibly exasperated. The comedic timing, driven by Affleck’s deadpan and Addai-Robinson’s slow-burn frustration, hits like a perfectly landed one-liner.
Finally, there’s the climactic shootout with a side of sibling snark. Without spoiling the finale, a featurette from April 25 detailed how Wolff and Brax trade barbs mid-firefight, their banter cutting through the chaos. One line, where Brax mocks Wolff’s “accountant face” while dodging bullets, drew audible laughs at early screenings. The brothers’ chemistry, built on years of estrangement, grounds the action in a way that feels raw and real.
The Accountant 2 runs 132 minutes and is rated R for violence and language. It grossed $42 million globally in its first five days against an $80 million budget. The film is distributed by Amazon MGM Studios and produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Artists Equity.