Matt and Ben in a Cop Movie Should Have Been Easier Than This

The Rip

Directed by Joe Carnahan · Netflix, 2026

A Miami narcotics team finds twenty-four million dollars in a stash house. Miami law says they have to count it on-site before they can leave. They’re in cartel territory, the clock is running, and they’re starting to wonder which one of them is already bought.

“From the outside it looks simple. Count the money, leave. On the inside it’s something else entirely.”

What It Actually Felt Like

The premise is genuinely good. Contained location, ticking clock, a cast you trust, built-in tension from the money sitting there between people who may or may not be crooked. That setup should carry a movie. It carries about half of this one.

The first act works. Damon and Affleck have a shorthand that’s real and you can feel it, and the early tension between the team is specific in the right ways. But somewhere in the middle of the second act the film starts spinning its wheels and I started noticing the seams. Once you’re aware of the pacing you can’t stop being aware of it.

I didn’t hate it. I also didn’t feel much of anything by the end, which for a movie with this much going for it is kind of the worst outcome. The concept of a really good action/thriller are in here but the movie doesn’t really build what it should from it.

The Honest Part

Good for a distracted Netflix watch. The cast elevates material that doesn’t always deserve it. Forgettable in a pleasant way. Steven Yeun is doing interesting things in a role the script isn’t doing enough with.

Who This Is For

People who will watch anything Damon and Affleck are in together. Crime thriller fans who can be satisfied with a good first act even when the rest doesn’t fully land.

⭐⭐½  It wasn’t bad. It also wasn’t good enough for what it had to work with.

Tags  crime thriller, Netflix, cops, heist, mood: fine