Ben Affleck Makes Surprise Appearance to Tease Netflix ThrillerRIPCostarring Matt Damon: 'Keeps You Guessing'

Mar. 15, 2025

Ben Affleck on Jan. 29, 2025.Photo:Charley Gallay/Getty

Charley Gallay/Getty

Ben Affleckstepped out to tease his action-packed thrillerRIPthat reunites him withMatt Damon.

“This movie takes a look at the things people will do for money,” said Affleck at the event, adding thatRIPis going for a mix ofHeatmeetsNarcmeetsTraining Day.

Affleck, who produced via his and Damon’s company Artists Equity, called the movie a “really fun, engaging ride that keeps you guessing. It’s a compelling, complicated human drama that also hues to these elements of cinema that people have loved forever.”

Matt Duffer, Ben Affleck and Ross Duffer on Jan. 29, 2025.Amy Sussman/Getty

Amy Sussman/Getty

“It’s the seventh movie that Matt Damon and my company, Artists Equity, has made, and it really is in a lot of ways the most important for us because we’ve found some really exciting partners who are really interested in not just what has been but what could be at Netflix,” he continued. “… This is exactly the kind of film that we want to champion.”

Ben Affleck on Jan. 29, 2025.Amy Sussman/Getty

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A synopsis forRIPteases, “Upon discovering millions in cash in a derelict stash house, trust among a team of MIami cops begins to fray. As outside forces learn about the size of the seizure, everything is called into question — including whom they can rely on.”

Longtime friends Affleck and Damon, 54, who grew up together in Boston,won an Oscar for writing the 1997 movieGood Will Hunting, in which they also starred, before launching major Hollywood careers on their own.

Speaking toDeadlinein November, they explained whatinspired them to start their own production company together.

Ben Affleck and Matt Damon on March 18, 2023.Christopher Polk/Variety via Getty

Christopher Polk/Variety via Getty

Damon said at the time, “I was like, what are we doing, man? Both of us, this is what we love to do more than anything. The only thing better is doing it together, in any capacity, whether he’s directing or whether we’re acting together or whether we’re producing together, or whether we’re just facilitating for other filmmakers.”

“How much life do we have left and what are we going to do with it?” he added.

RIPis on Netflix in 2025.

source: people.com