I’m not entirely sure what Netflix has planned for “The RIP,” starring Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, but a leaked trailer has surfaced online—and the film looks like it has real potential to be a solid action flick.
Joe Carnahan’s new crime thriller recently set up a January 16, 2026 streaming date. The film will be skipping theaters entirely, opting instead for a straight-to-streaming launch early next year.
“The RIP” follows a group of Miami cops whose trust begins to unravel after they find millions in cash inside a derelict stash house. Once word of the haul leaks out, things get messy, and no one knows whom they can trust anymore.
Carnahan wrote the script and shopped it around before Affleck and Damon jumped on board, which, let’s face it, always helps get a project moving. Netflix came in shortly after.
As for Carnahan, his 2002 breakout “Narc” is still the best thing he’s done — raw, intense, and stylish in all the right ways. Everything since has lived in its shadow. He’s leaned hard into pulpy, high-octane genre fare. His other directing credits include “The Grey,” “Smokin’ Aces,” “Copshop,” “Stretch,” “Boss Level,” and “The A-Team.”
“The RIP” has the potential to be a return to form — or at the very least, a solid addition to Carnahan’s gritty crime-flick canon, especially as he’s coming off this year’s perfunctory “Shadow Force,” which cost $60M and was a critical and commercial bomb.