Ben Affleck Is Gonna Balance Your Books and Beat Your Ass in ‘The Accountant 2’ Trailer — Watch

It’s tax season, and this year that means means two things: creepy H&R Block-mascot commercials and Ben Affleck‘s “The Accountant 2.” That H&R Block mascot head, by the way, is a sniper’s dream, not that Christian Wolff needs much assistance with a rifle and scope.

In “The Accountant” franchise, Wolff (Affleck) has a talent for solving complex problems. In “The Accountant 2,” when an old acquaintance is murdered, leaving behind a cryptic message to “find the accountant,” Wolff is compelled to solve the case. Wolff is on the autism spectrum, which is alluded to in the trailer (posted below).

“Realizing more extreme measures are necessary,” as the logline reads, Wolff enlists his estranged and just-as-deadly brother, Brax (Jon Bernthal), to help. “In partnership with U.S. Treasury Deputy Director Marybeth Medina (Cynthia Addai-Robinson), they uncover a deadly conspiracy, becoming targets of a ruthless network of killers who will stop at nothing to keep their secrets buried.”

“The Accountant 2,” written by Bill Dubuque and directed by Gavin O’Connor, will premiere at SXSW; the festival runs from March 7-15. Exactly one month after the festival closes, your income taxes are due — 10 days after that, “The Accountant 2” comes to theaters.

The sequel to 2016’s “The Accountant” is produced by Amazon MGM Studios, which is the same company that passed on theatrical distribution for Doug Liman’s “Road House” remake, and Affleck’s own Artists Equity banner. “The Accountant 2” nearly suffered the same straight-to-Prime-Video fate, but Amazon reversed course.

Affleck produces “The Accountant 2” alongside Lynette Howell Taylor, Mark Williams, Allison Robertson, and J.K. Simmons. Daniella Pineda and Simmons also star in the film, though Simmons appears to spend most of the film as a corpse with a clue scrawled on his forearm.

The first “Accountant” film made just over $150 million globally in 2016 dollars. Back then, MGM did not belong to Amazon, but $8.5 billion later, it does. At the time, IndieWire’s David Ehrlich wrote “The Accountant” was “shorn of any real style or urgency” with “inadvertently laughable exposition.” Yeah, he didn’t like it (but he’s wrong, “The Accountant” rules). Ehrlich gave the film a C-.

“The Accountant 2” is (obviously) rated R. Watch the trailer below.