US EditionBen Affleck and Matt Damon's The Rip proves the upsides and downsides of using real-life Hollywood friends
Affleck and Damon's nearly 30-year friendship influences The Rip's emotional tone, limiting audience immersion as real-life bonds overshadow on-screen conflict, critics say.
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News and TribuneMaceo Milligan film review: Netflix movie ‘The Rip’ almost gets to the finish line
“The Rip” is an aggressively intense and wildy gripping thriller on Netflix starring real life more-than-best friends Matt Damon and Ben Affleck as two grizzled cops who attempt to fight
Ben Affleck and Matt Damon's The Rip proves the upsides and downsides of using real-life Hollywood friends
It may come as a shock to learn that, despite playing the "it’s for work" card, I occasionally lose control of the TV remote, which is how I ended up sitting through The Rip, a heist-based, gun-heavy, F-bomb-flooded thriller that I will describe, without apology, as "probably a film for boys".On the plus side, it starred – nay, was almost rescued by – Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, and when I wasn't watching another shootout through my eyelids, it …
A Thriller Made for Goldfish, ‘The Rip’
Matt Damon and Ben Affleck have been working together for over three decades, collaborating on 14 different projects (which could mean nothing). The lifelong friends, perhaps best known for their 1997 Oscar-winning film “Good Will Hunting,” reunite once again with “The Rip,” a crime thriller based on a true story set within the jurisdiction of the Miami-Dade Police Department. Source
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