The Rip

The Rip is an easy 8 out of 10. Is it amazing? No. But it’s action-packed and will keep your palms sweaty the entire runtime. It keeps your pulse up scene by scene, and honestly, that’s the job and it does that job well.

The acting is above average across the board. Affleck, in particular, works here. He manages to shed his usual “dude-bro-douche” persona and lands somewhere closer to a hard-nosed, by-the-book asshole who still knows how to be cool. It’s believable, and probably one of his better recent performances.

There are plenty of twists and turns. Some, or most, are telegraphed like a Macho Man elbow drop, but they’re still entertaining. You see them coming, but you don’t really mind, because the movie keeps moving and never lets the energy drop.

The biggest gripe is the exposition. Why is everyone constantly explaining the plan to each other? The other issue is “Thing 1” and “Thing 2,” who are obvious from the second they appear on screen. It feels like the movie wants viewers to say, “Oh shit, I figured it out,” but yeah, everyone did. It wasn’t subtle. Whatever.

The cast is great, Glenn, Batffleck, Jason Bourne, Early edition. Even the supporting cast is believable.

This is a throwback to 80s action schlock, yet it's just shot so beautifully. The camera work is legitimately impressive, and it’s refreshing to watch an action movie that isn’t a CGI-f*ck-fest.

The Rip is a solid action flick to throw on, you can do much worse. And honestly, it’s one of the better efforts in the genre in the last few years. Plot holes and blemishes be damned, the Boston Bros put out a solid one.