Matt Damon and Ben Affleck finally reunite in the gritty action thriller 'The Rip' dominating the Netflix charts
Matt Damon and Ben Affleck in 'The Rip'.
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Matt Damon and Ben Affleck have finally reunited on the big screen for the high-stakes thriller “The Rip”, which has quickly climbed the charts to become the number one movie on Netflix at the moment.
It is a massive moment for fans who have been waiting to see Hollywood’s most iconic best friends share more than just a quick cameo.
This time, they are delving deep into a gritty world of crime and corruption in Miami, and the energy they bring to the roles is exactly what you would expect from two people who have known each other since they were young.
The story follows a specialised police tactical team that stumbles upon a massive stash of cartel cash hidden inside a suburban home. The title refers to the police term for a seizure of criminal assets, but it also hints at the way the discovery starts to tear the team apart from the inside.
As they wait for backup in a house surrounded by danger, the tension shifts from the gunmen outside to the growing suspicion between the two leads.
It is a classic pressure cooker scenario that keeps you guessing about who is actually telling the truth without ever losing the fast-paced action you want from a weekend watch.
The bond between these two stars is not just for the cameras because their friendship actually stretches back over forty years to their childhood in Massachusetts.
Matt Damon and Ben Affleck.
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They grew up just blocks apart and spent their teenage years dreaming of making it big in the industry together.
Their breakthrough was the stuff of legends when they penned the script for “Good Will Hunting” while they were struggling actors living in a shared apartment.
That script famously started as a college assignment for a playwriting class at Harvard and eventually won them the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.
Ben Affleck and Matt Damon hold up their Oscars after winning in the Original Screenplay Category for 'Good Will Hunting'.
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That shared history is what makes their performance in this new film so compelling because you can see the decades of trust and familiarity in every look they exchange on screen.
When looking back at their most popular collaborations outside of this new hit, the most obvious choice is “Good Will Hunting.”
This was the film that truly put them on the map as a duo to be reckoned with and remains their most beloved project.
Another fan favourite is the cult classic “Dogma”, where they played a pair of fallen angels trying to find their way back into heaven with plenty of humour and supernatural chaos.
Finally, many people loved seeing them together in the more recent film “Air”, which told the story of how Nike signed Michael Jordan.