Overview
- Quentin Tarantino wrote in a Sight & Sound guest essay that The Rip held him for its entire duration and that it is “one of the finest examples” of a satisfying cop film.
- Tarantino singled out Joe Carnahan’s direction, the screenplay by Carnahan and Michael McGrale, Juan Miguel Azpiroz’s cinematography, and the cast’s performances as the elements that worked for him.
- The Rip, written and directed by Carnahan and produced by Matt Damon and Ben Affleck’s Artists Equity, debuted on Netflix in January 2026 and remains available to stream.
- Critical and audience response has been broadly positive but not unanimous, with reported scores of roughly 77% on Rotten Tomatoes and about 6.8/10 on IMDb and common praise for Damon and Affleck’s chemistry alongside critiques of plot plausibility and some dialogue.
- Tarantino’s endorsement, published in coverage on Wednesday, June 3, 2026, has renewed attention to the film without any announced production or distribution changes and may increase viewership for a title that skipped a theatrical run.