Keep ’em guessing: Matt Damon and Ben Affleck help make Netflix’s ‘The Rip’ an enjoyable, unpredictable thriller

Keep ’em guessing: Matt Damon and Ben Affleck help make Netflix’s ‘The Rip’ an enjoyable, unpredictable thriller

Ben Affleck and Matt Damon team up again for Netflix’s The Rip. This time, they’re under the direction of Joe Carnahan (The Grey … it’s a great film if you haven’t seen it) as a couple of Miami cops who find themselves in a unique situation involving a whole lotta cash. The script, co-written by Carnahan, leads the viewer toward a lot of mysterious possibilities as to who is good, bad or both when it comes to doing their police work. In strong t…

The Rip’s Been Popular On Netflix, But The City The Matt Damon And Ben Affleck Starrer Is Set In Is Not Happy

The Rip is doing well on Netflix, but the city of Hialeah is not too happy about the film being set there. What the mayor said.

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Have you guys watched The Rip on Netflix? It’s the Joe Carnahan action-drama starring Matt Damon and Ben Affleck (and Teyana Taylor, Kyle Chandler and Steve Yeun). It’s sort of okay? It actually wasn’t what I expected – I thought it would really be a bonanza of dirty cop shenanigans, but it isn’t. There are so many plot holes and they never explained why two elite Miami cops both have Boston accents. But I digress, it’s a perfectly enjoyable mov…

How "The Rip" Writer/Director Joe Carnahan Turned a Real Heist Into his Gripping Ben Affleck/Matt Damon Caper

There’s a moment in The Rip, the newest direct-to-Netflix release, written and directed by Joe Carnahan, that is quiet, devastating, and profoundly human, when everything else seems to fall away. The gunfire, the paranoia, the ticking-clock tension of a crime thriller suddenly recede, leaving only grief, memory, and connection. It’s a scene that lingers long after the film ends, and it encapsulates what makes Joe Carnahan’s latest film feel so d…