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“The Rip” Debuts on Netflix, Reuniting Matt Damon and Ben Affleck in Joe Carnahan’s Miami Crime Thriller

A novel pay plan ties one-time bonuses for roughly 1,200 crew members to the film’s Netflix viewership over its first 90 days.

Overview

  • Set over one tense night, the story follows a Miami tactical narcotics team that discovers more than $20 million in a Hialeah stash house, testing loyalties and ethics without tipping specific twists.
  • Early reviews are divided, with consistent praise for Damon and Affleck’s lived-in chemistry and critiques focusing on familiarity, thin character backstories, and dark, murky visuals.
  • Joe Carnahan directs from a script co-written with Michael McGrale, drawing on an incident he says was described to him by a Miami detective and leaning into chamber-piece tension and siege dynamics.
  • The ensemble features Sasha Calle, Teyana Taylor, Steven Yeun, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Kyle Chandler, and Scott Adkins, with several supporting turns singled out as standouts.
  • Produced by Damon and Affleck’s Artists Equity, the release doubles as an industry test of performance-linked crew compensation, with specific viewership benchmarks undisclosed.