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Originally posted by AllenInAR:
Mindless shoot'em up. Reminded me of some movie I saw awhile back with like 4 factions fighting each other in a warehouse?

That sounds like it could have been Free Fire. It was a fun flick.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4...in_0_q_free%2520fire

I watched The Rip last night and enjoyed it. They had your thinking in different ways given the dialog and who was hearing what. Kept me engaged.

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Originally posted by iron chef:
First 2/3rds of The Rip were pretty good and drew me in. I agree w/ others that the bulk of the film taking place in a house made it feel like a stage play.

Unfortunately, the 3rd act devolved into a Jerry Bruckheimer or Michael Bay film. It was formulaic and a letdown for me.

Matt Damon made some comments recently about how Netflix is ruining movies, b/c they want their films made for people w/ short attention spans, and they want scripts where the characters routinely repeat what's going on to remind viewers of the plot.

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I enjoyed this interview and it makes me have more respect for Ben Affleck. He sounds like he's a pretty logical thinker with a good head on his shoulders.

I agree w/others. Good flick. Kept me engaged.


Rick

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Originally posted by iron chef:
First 2/3rds of The Rip were pretty good and drew me in. I agree w/ others that the bulk of the film taking place in a house made it feel like a stage play.

Unfortunately, the 3rd act devolved into a Jerry Bruckheimer or Michael Bay film. It was formulaic and a letdown for me.

Matt Damon made some comments recently about how Netflix is ruining movies, b/c they want their films made for people w/ short attention spans, and they want scripts where the characters routinely repeat what's going on to remind viewers of the plot.

[FLASH_VIDEO]<iframe frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/txnpVZLMKKY?si=ynSHCWULL7D6uIYz" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe>[/FLASH_VIDEO]

wife and I watched it Sunday,

and you are correct, the last 1/3 or 1/4 was a bit odd compared to the rest,

still a decent movie, lots of twist,

and we both commented that apparently there were no light bulbs over 20W in the house or garage

https://www.breitbart.com/ente...tm_campaign=20260511

Miami Cops Sue Ben Affleck, Matt Damon for Portrayal in Netflix Movie ‘The Rip’

Two Miami police officers have filed a lawsuit against Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, claiming the two actors falsely portrayed them in the Netflix crime drama The Rip, a movie allegedly inspired by their story.

The lawsuits were filed by Jason Smith and Jonathan Santana, officers with the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office, who allege that their stories inspired the film’s plot, per Entertainment Weekly.

Although Smith and Santana are not mentioned by name in the film, the lawsuit claims that Damon and Affleck’s characters are so heavily associated with the two officers that their portrayal has caused “substantial harm to their personal and professional reputations” because the movie and its advertisements “imply misconduct, poor judgment, and unethical behavior in connection with a real law enforcement operation.”

The officers’ complaint, which has been obtained and reviewed by Entertainment Weekly, accuses Artists Equity and Affleck and Damon’s LLC production company Falco Productions of defamation per se and defamation by implication. The officers have also brought a claim for intentional infliction of emotional distress.

In the film, Damon and Affleck portray Lt. Dane Dumars and Detective Sgt. J.D. Byrne, respectively, who both discover $20 million in cartel money that explodes into a web of corruption within the department.

“The complaint claims that the case that served as the inspiration for the film was a real-life incident in which Smith and Santana seized more than $21 million in June 2016,” added EW. “As a result, the plaintiffs allege that ‘the film’s use of unique, non-generic details of the June 29, 2016, investigation, combined with its Miami-Dade setting and portrayal of a narcotics team, creates a reasonable inference that the officers depicted are Plaintiffs.'”

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Originally posted by pedropcola:
Johnny only got like 5 minutes into the film because that was the opening sequence. lol

You forgot the old trope of having the bad guy hanging off the open swinging rear door of the semi. Good times.

Olyphant, Tom Hardy, Forest Whitaker. Yikes. Times must be tough in Hollywood.

Hardy seems open to just about anything and Whitaker probably needs a check, tho he has ben in a pile of stuff as well,