The most hilarious part—funny because of the irony given the current American political landscape—is the shoehorning of trafficking brown immigrants as a plot point. Accountant 2 (2025, directed by Gavin O’Connor) builds upon the first Accountant film, wherein Ben Affleck plays a cross between Rain Man and Rambo. It is a superhero comic book trope: being born “different” would mean having a different set of skills. Yet, there is inherently something manipulative about this movie. In the first film, the military father of a son with special needs refused professional and expert medical treatment for his son. Instead, the special...