The Rip
The bromance continues. Matt Damon and Ben Affleck team up yet again for THE RIP, released on Netflix a few weeks back. I hadn't heard of it until a day or two before its release. It did not go to theaters. Maybe the streaming behemoth felt it wasn't even worth the trouble. Is there still an audience for cop dramas with middle agers as protagonists? Sure, but they are among the others who can't believe people still go to theaters. Don't get me started. But, for this movie, it doesn't matter. Damon plays Lt. Dane Dumars. Affleck is Detective Sergeant JD Byrne. They are part of the Tactical Narcotics team in Miami. Their Captain is killed; Internal Affairs and the FBI - one of whom is Byrne's brother, Del (Scott Adkins) - believe it was an inside job. In line with ongoing rumors that several dirty cops pocket the drug money they confiscate in house raids. It all unfolds over one eventful night. Dumars gets a tip...
