The Rip

I initially had this at a solid 6.5/10 until it came around to a rewatch. Simply put, it doesn't have a shelf life past a single viewing. RIP to The Rip. I don't know where to start with the bad, so I'll begin with the good and the ugly. Affleck and Damon are fantastic. The casting is great. The tension is tense. The mystery is mediocre. The plot plods along. The dialogue is cheap, and the action is starved. The business behind the scenes has me confused, from the Netflix pay deal to the defamation case and so on. I would look more into it, but I fear it would be just as much of a waste of time as the rewatch was.

This RIPS! Matt Damon and Ben Affleck are always great together, with a stacked cast alongside them. I was in and along for ride from the first second. The whole movie had me on edge questioning what was going on and who to trust. The scene towards the end in the tank was so tense.

The first half is much stronger than the second with enough distraction and diversions to keep you guessing. At some point they make it pretty clear who’s bad but there’s still enough to keep up the tension. A stacked cast so the acting is great. Just a solid, entertaining movie.

7/10

wow

it was good