Here is the full-length trailer for “The RIP,” starring Matt Damon and Ben Affleck. The film looks like it has the potential to be a decent action flick. Nothing more, nothing less.
Joe Carnahan’s new crime thriller has set up a January 16, 2026 streaming date. The film will be skipping theaters entirely, opting instead for a straight-to-streaming launch this month. Sounds about right.
Hey, it used to be that this kind of film—an original, non-IP action movie starring two big actors—would go to theaters. But times have changed, and unless Netflix sees it as some kind of Oscar play, they’re happy to ship it straight to the platform.
“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, can definitely help get a project moving. Netflix came in shortly thereafter. All parties involved fully well knew this would go straight to streaming.
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 notable 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.
The big wide release this weekend is “Insidious: Out of the Further,” backed by Sony and Blumhouse. This is the sixth ‘Insidious’ movie, and since they are made cheaply, it won’t be the last.