Matt Damon and Ben Affleck’s crime thriller *The Rip* has become one of Netflix’s biggest films of 2026, setting a new platform record according to the article. The film matters as a major new collaboration for the long-time friends and producers, combining their star power with a tense police-corruption story directed by Joe Carnahan.

Loosely inspired by a real Miami-Dade case, the fictional plot follows officers who find $20 million hidden in a stash house and begin to mistrust one another. Damon plays Lieutenant Dane Dumars, whose differing accounts of the money raise suspicions, while Affleck plays Detective J.D. Byrne; rumours of an internal police mole and cartel involvement intensify the paranoia. The cast also includes Teyana Taylor, Steven Yeun, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Kyle Chandler, Sasha Calle and Scott Adkins.