20 Recent Movie Plot Twists NOBODY Saw Coming

The Accountant 2 is a decidedly sillier and more "fun" film than its predecessor, but even so, its big plot twist is so cartoonishly ridiculous that it stretches the story's internal credibility to near-breaking point.

In the sequel's very first scene we meet an assassin, Anaïs (Daniella Pineda), who is tasked with helping locate a Salvadorean family pictured in a photograph.

But the big rub is that Anaïs actually is the mother shown in said photo, Edith, who was involved in an accident, lost her memories, and woke up with a case of acquired savant syndrome, allowing her to quickly become a ruthless, self-taught assassin.

As for why "Anaïs" looks so different from Edith? She also had facial reconstructive surgery following the accident, inexplicably making her look completely different while having no visible surgery scars or marks whatsoever.

It's deeply, deeply silly, and though the film doesn't take itself particularly seriously, it's still a major ask of the audience to accept something so fundamentally unrealistic.