The Rip
PRAISE: When i watch the news and a District Attorney and their team are standing over a table from a drug bust and on that table is anywhere between one hundred to five hundred grand i wonder who was tempted to take some for themselves, slip it down their bullet proof vest or did a fake count. In this movie about a group of Miami cops discovering a stash of millions in cash, leading to distrust as outsiders learn about the seizure the temptation to take the cash is in the air and then some. The actors in the movie including: Matt Damon as Lt. Dane Dumars,Ben Affleck as Det. Sgt. JD Byrne Detectives Mike Ro portrayed by Steven Yeun, Numa Baptiste portrayed by Teyana Taylor,(Oh those glistening lips of hers) and Lolo Salazar portrayed by Catalina Sandino Moreno have to have poker faces to pull off eighty percent of what happens in the movie. I liked that the amount of money found in the film could mean certain things and how it would play out for the cops. There are so many red herrings, the question of who's playing who,and who's on the up and up paying close attention is a must. Director and writer Joe Carnahan raises the tension and suspense just right in several scenes. The twists in the screenplay are weaved into the plot as the actors work along with them so much so I didn't know who to trust. I couldn't help but think of the 2003 movie Basic especially as the movie nears its climax.
PROBLEMS: The movie becomes a bit muddled in its last act. This is the third movie I watched this week in which certain situations had to line up just right but end up being far to convenient to let the viewer go along with it.
Scale of 1 to 10 a 7½
