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Matt Damon & Ben Affleck Star in 'The Rip': A Gritty Crime Thriller
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January 20, 2026•2 days ago
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"The Rip" is a crime thriller starring Matt Damon and Ben Affleck as Miami PD detectives investigating their partner's murder. The film centers on a $20 million stash house seizure that tests loyalty within their Tactical Narcotics Team. Directed by Joe Carnahan, it features a cast including Teyana Taylor and Steven Yeun, exploring themes of deceit and trust in a gritty, action-packed narrative.
Matt Damon and Ben Affleck are cops on the edge of the law in "The Rip," a tough-talking, chest-thumping, ultramacho police thriller where the only crosses are double crosses and the only trust is full of deceit.
Damon is Lieutenant Dane Dumars and Affleck is Detective Sergeant J.D. Byrne, and the pair works for the Miami PD's Tactical Narcotics Team, or TNT. The recent murder of their partner has them wondering who they can trust and if there's a snitch in their ranks, and a stash house seizure of $20 million becomes the ultimate test of loyalty.
"One Battle After Another's" Teyana Taylor is on board as a fellow TNT member, as is Steven Yeun. Kyle Chandler plays a DEA agent with whom they're partnered, and no one is quite sure who's on the level and who's working dirty.
Writer-director Joe Carnahan, at his best when making stories about crooked cops ("Narc"), fast talkers ("Smokin' Aces") and the male id ("The Grey"), is on his home turf here, and he gets juicy performances out of Damon, Affleck and Chandler.
The nighttime setting ramps up the intensity, and the script is full of blustery jargon ("You think I wanna jack this rip?" "You tryin' to two-and-two is four, run up the flank?") that is perfect for this kind of grimy, shoot-from-the-hip action thriller. "The Rip" rips.
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