FILM · 2026 · USA
The Rip
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- #001
Matt Damon plays Lieutenant Dane Dumars. The character is inspired by Miami Police Department Captain Chris Casiano, who took part in the real-life investigation that provided information for the film.
- #002
Netflix acquired the film's distribution rights after the project had been sold to various buyers. The production deal with Artists Equity included a performance-based bonus structure for roughly 1,200 crew members. The agreement provided for a one-time payment if the film reached certain viewing thresholds within the first 90 days after its release. The crew compensation model differed from Netflix's standard practice of providing upfront payments only.
- #003
Matt Damon decided to reunite with Ben Affleck for this project after watching The Beatles: Get Back (2021) with his daughter. The experience led Damon to reflect on creative legacy and the importance of long-term collaboration.
- #004
Wilbur The Dog is a Beagle, one of the dog breeds with the sharpest sense of smell. In addition to their usual uses (drugs, explosives or money), Beagles are used in the United Kingdom to sniff out food in airplane luggage, in Australia to detect termites, and in some New York hotels to detect bedbugs.
- #005
The real-life figure who inspired Dane Dumars appears in a respected role as TNT Detective Al Pardo.
- #006
The film's inspiration came from director Joe Carnahan's conversations with Miami police officer Chris Casiano, who once told him that he had found 24 million dollars in a man's wall. Casiano later noted that cameras are everywhere and that he had made people think they were being watched.
- #007
Quentin Tarantino praised the film, describing it as "an exciting police thriller with a new proposition that really manages to present the good guys cleverly. The whole package worked for me."
- #008
In The Brothers Grimsby (2016), Sacha Baron Cohen jokingly refers to Scott Adkins as the "Ukrainian Ben Affleck." Adkins and Affleck play brothers in the film.
- #009
One of the interesting things Matt Damon learned from Netflix was that the plot had to be repeated several times throughout the film, because viewers are very likely to be occupied with their phones at certain moments.
- #010
Hialeah mayor Bryan Carver stated that he was not pleased with his town's portrayal in the film, noting that the crack the film is based on actually occurred in the neighboring city of Miami Lakes.
- #011
Matt Damon went to Miami to research the role of a police officer and rode along with police officers there.
- #012
After the film's release, several Miami police officers reportedly began legal proceedings against the actors and the production on defamation claims. According to the lawsuit, the film recreated certain details so specifically that it damaged their reputations by falsely portraying them as corrupt officers.
- #013
Joe Carnahan said the hardest role to cast was that of police chief Jackie Velez, who is shot in the film's opening minutes. Carnahan, who found it incredibly difficult to find an actor who could convey toughness and empathy in just a few minutes for such a crucial character who determines everything that follows, said that while Lina Esco, who got the role, was filling out these briefs, the use of her character's flashbacks in the finished film really showed her how important her character was despite the brevity of the role.
- #014
Matt Damon and Ben Affleck come together in The Rip, marking one of more than a dozen joint projects spanning their thirty-year professional relationship. The pair first met as children in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Their shared filmography includes short roles, ensemble roles and lead performances dating back to the late 1980s, even when they were not listed in the credits.
- #015
It was shot over two months in Los Angeles.
- #016
The cast includes two Oscar winners, Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, as well as three Oscar nominees: Steven Yeun, Teyana Taylor and Catalina Sandino Moreno.
- #017
Ben Affleck and Sasha Calle had previously appeared together in The Flash (2023).
- #018
Joe Carnahan had previously directed Ben Affleck in Smokin' Aces (2006).
- #019
Matt Damon and Scott Adkins had previously appeared together in The Bourne Ultimatum (2007).
- #020
The Rip is the first feature film starring both Matt Damon and Ben Affleck to be distributed by Netflix.
- #021
Although both Matt Damon and Ben Affleck had appeared in police films before, The Rip marks the first time they appear together.
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