Ben Affleck and Matt Damon reunite on screen in Joe Carnahan's action-packed cop drama The Rip, which premieres on Netflix this weekend. The film follows a Miami police team grappling with internal distrust after discovering $20 million in a stash house following their captain's murder. Critics praise its intensity but note its convoluted plot.
Joe Carnahan directs The Rip, a tense thriller that brings back childhood friends Ben Affleck and Matt Damon as members of Miami's Tactical Narcotics Team. The story kicks off with the murder of their police captain, leading the squad to raid a derelict stash house where they uncover $20 million in cash. This discovery sparks rumors of corruption within the ranks, fracturing trust among the officers and drawing scrutiny from the FBI, as well as dangerous external threats.
Affleck and Damon portray bedraggled cops navigating paranoia and betrayal, with Damon embracing a disheveled father figure role and Affleck sporting chains, gun harnesses, and cigarettes. The ensemble cast includes Steven Yeun from The Walking Dead, Teyana Taylor from A One Night Stand, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Kyle Chandler, and Scott Adkins, adding depth to the high-stakes drama.
The film has earned an 83% Rotten Tomatoes score from critics and 77% from audiences, lauded as an action-packed entry in the cop genre but criticized for being overly convoluted and grimly serious. As Vulture's Alison Willmore notes, "The moment we’re supposed to believe Affleck and Damon’s cops no longer trust one another is borderline funny because, c’mon now—even when the boys are fighting, who would believe that?" Streaming exclusively on Netflix starting January 16, 2026, The Rip offers a gritty exploration of loyalty amid corruption in Miami's underworld.
