The Rip

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The Rip

R

2026

1h 52m

Crime

Drama

Action

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Upon discovering millions in cash in a derelict stash house, trust among a team of Miami cops begins to fray. As outside forces learn about the size of the seizure, everything is called into question -- including who they can rely on.

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Critics Consensus

Leveraging Ben Affleck and Matt Damon's classic chemistry to texturize a friendship tested by greed, The Rip tears into its potboiler setup with compulsively watchable confidence.

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Randy Myers

San Jose Mercury News

5d

3/4

The Rip seems highly possible until its overblown climatic end, but even when it succumbs to the action thriller norms, it and the cast always keeps you thoroughly entertained.

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Matt Goldberg

TheWrap

5d

3/5

Joe Carnahan's crime thriller feels like a nice throwback to '90s genre pictures, but it pulls a few too many punches.

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Ty Burr

Ty Burr's Watch List (Substack)

Jan 27

2.5/4

I was entertained, even if for the longest stretches I couldn’t have told you who was doing what to whom. Chalk it up as yet another twist in the tale of Matt ‘n’ Ben – two Yin/Yang talents who will be yoked together for eternity.

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Dan Buffa

Ramble On With Buffa (Substack)

1d

While Affleck burrows himself in the role of a blunt yet noble cop, it’s Damon who gives the best performance in the film as the Lieutenant who has to decide what to do and how to locate a snitch. They're aging like fine wine.

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Linda Cook

OurQuadCities / WHBF-TV (Illinois)

2d

3 1/2 stars

'The Rip' tears up the screen with Affleck, Damoon in a tense cop thriller.

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Daniel Barnes

Dare Daniel

3d

2.5/5

It all sits on the most medium level of meat and potatoes genre fare without ever doing anything good, bad or weird enough to risk that watchable yet forgettable status.

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Brad V

@Bradv87 7h

Look it's ok, they really should have set it in the 80s or something as it's just not believable in present day (now that I write that I presume it was) Damon's big plan also had more holes in it than Swiss cheese and could have fallen apart very very easily but everyone just happened to say the right things at the right time. It's a movie you can get through which is a good start for a movie these days

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Seniah B.

@SeniahB 9h

Buried within all the over the top police schtick was an interesting plot twist. And good actors.

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Annie C

@ACoup 10h

While it started slow IMO, once it got going it was really good. I hate a movie where you have it all figured out before the end of the movie. There were points where I thought "oh yah, I have this figured out" but I so didn’t. It kept you guessing. Very action packed and comes to a tight end with no loose ends left untied. This movie was well packed with well known and loved names. Matt and Ben have amazing chemistry when costarring together. Overall good movie and I would recommend.

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Collin A.

@collinaz 10h

This movie was honestly pretty predictable. The climax is just a simple plot twist and overall the movie was kinda corny and boring.

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BIG T

@BigTres 11h

The cast carried this movie. Without the stars in the movie I would have gave it 2 stars. Pretty straight forward movie that I wouldn’t watch again but it had a few decent moments

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Toby N

@Tobywoo 12h

I'm not quite sure what people saw in this movie. If it wasn't for the star power, it barely would have ranked a Red Box release. Very poorly written. Felt like an odd attempt at a Fast & Furious / Bad Boys mashup, with a whodunnit thrown in, all to ill effect. The tension was fairly well built. However, the script was otherwise a mess. Things like Matt Damon, telling the person who'd been babysitting the cartel money house, "I knew you'd do the right thing" when they'd known each other for basically minutes. Anyway, I suppose it would suffice for a mind-numbing popcorner. But overall, it's a mess. I'm not sure if Damon and Affleck owed the director a favor, or maybe they took the job to have a month or two in Miami, to keep Affleck occupied and working, around the time his personal drama was going on. At any rate, watch pretty much anything else.

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Steven Yeun

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Detective Numa Baptiste

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Synopsis

Upon discovering millions in cash in a derelict stash house, trust among a team of Miami cops begins to fray. As outside forces learn about the size of the seizure, everything is called into question -- including who they can rely on.

Director: Joe Carnahan
Producer: Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Luciana Damon, Dani Bernfeld, Michael Joe, Kevin Halloran
Screenwriter: Joe Carnahan, Michael McGrale, Joe Carnahan
Distributor: Netflix
Production Co: Artists Equity
Rating: R (Pervasive Language|Violence)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Action
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 16, 2026
Runtime: 1h 52m

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