The Rip (2026)
The Rip is a 2026 action movie directed by Joe Carnahan, with a running time of 1h 53m. It stars Matt Damon, Ben Affleck and Teyana Taylor.
A unit of Miami narcotics cops raids a derelict stash house and finds millions in cash stacked inside. The discovery should be a win. Instead it splinters the team, as each officer weighs the badge against the money and starts to wonder who can still be trusted. Joe Carnahan writes and directs, reuniting Matt Damon and Ben Affleck as partners under pressure, with Steven Yeun, Teyana Taylor, Sasha Calle and Kyle Chandler rounding out the squad. The story pitches loyalty against greed inside a department already stretched thin.
Quick answers
What is The Rip about?
A unit of Miami narcotics cops raids a derelict stash house and finds millions in cash stacked inside. The discovery should be a win. Instead it splinters the team, as each officer weighs the badge against the money and starts to wonder who can still be trusted. Joe Carnahan writes and directs, reuniting Matt Damon and Ben Affleck as partners under pressure, with Steven Yeun, Teyana Taylor, Sasha Calle and Kyle Chandler rounding out the squad. The story pitches loyalty against greed inside a department already stretched thin.
When was The Rip released?
The Rip was released on 13 January 2026.
How long is The Rip?
The Rip runs 1h 53m.
Who made The Rip?
The Rip was directed by Joe Carnahan.
Where can I watch The Rip?
The Rip is available on Netflix.
Where to watch The Rip
Stream: Netflix
Cast
- Matt Damon as Lieutenant Dane Dumars
- Ben Affleck as Detective Sergeant J.D. Byrne
- Teyana Taylor as Detective Numa Baptistie
- Steven Yeun as Detective Mike Ro
- Catalina Sandino Moreno as Detective Lolo Salazar
- Sasha Calle as Desiree 'Desi' Lopez Molina
- Kyle Chandler as DEA Agent Mateo 'Matty' Nix
- Scott Adkins as FBI Agent Del Byrne
- Daisuke Tsuji as FBI Agent Logan Casiano
- Nestor Carbonell as Major Thom Vallejo
- Lina Esco as Captain Jackie Velez
- Alex Hernandez as Hialeah Patrolman Warwick
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A few thoughts on The Rip
Joe Carnahan works the same dirty-money nerve as his earlier crime pictures, where a single bad choice unravels a crew. Viewers who like tense heist fallout and corrupt-cop standoffs will find the setup familiar.
Police units that unravel from the inside once corruption comes out
The Rip splits a Miami narcotics unit once a stash-house fortune tempts every officer to reconsider the badge. Dark Blue, The Big Easy, The Stronghold, Bullets or Ballots and Vice Raid all watch a police unit corrode from within, ordinary cops trading procedure for self-interest until the department itself becomes the crime scene.
Undercover assignments that cost you your own loyalties
Joe Carnahan's cops in The Rip start wondering who among them can still be trusted, the same slow rot that eats at undercover officers in Donnie Brasco, Deep Cover, Beyond the Law and Cruising. Each sends a lawman deep enough into a criminal world that the line between investigator and suspect stops holding.
Miami buddy-cop partners under real pressure, not just banter
Matt Damon and Ben Affleck reunite as partners for The Rip, and that same worn-in duo chemistry drives Bad Boys, Bad Boys II, Bad Boys for Life, Miami Vice and Exit Wounds, Miami-set cop pairs who banter through the small stuff and still have to trust each other completely once the shooting starts.
A criminal windfall that turns a crew against itself
The stash-house discovery in The Rip turns a solid haul into the thing that tears a crew apart, the same pivot that curdles Wrath of Man, Sicario: Day of the Soldado, Havoc and Killerman, where a windfall forces every character to decide how far greed is worth going, and the same fraying loyalty behind Red Dead Redemption 2's dying gang and Grand Theft Auto V's three-way heist crew.