The Rip
As Douglas Adams wrote, “It’s not easy being a cop”, and here it’s doubled by grief, with the message being something like that it’s the difficulty itself, together with the bonds formed with one’s colleagues, and especially one’s partner (in the cop sense), that makes it possible to do the work of mourning. Nothing new there, but this is better than most examples of this kind of thing, generating tension and making good use of stars who have a thirty-year history of working together. It goes without saying that the assertion made at the beginning of this movie, claiming that it is inspired by true events, is something that should be interpreted as implying the loosest possible connection to any kind of reality. For the text of a dialogue held directly after watching this movie, see also: https://www.academia.edu/146049037/A_Dialogue_in_Ten_Questions_with_ChatGPT_2026_
Mini Review: As Douglas Adams wrote, “It’s not easy being a cop”, and here it’s doubled by grief, with the message being something like that it’s the difficulty itself, together with the bonds formed with one’s colleagues, and especially one’s partner (in the cop sense), that makes it possible to do the work of mourning. Nothing new there, but this is better than most examples of this kind of thing, generating tension and making good use of stars who have a thirty-year history of working together.
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EthanInglis
There's some version of this movie I probably love with my whole heart but it falls a bit too much into some S Craig Zahler and Michael Bay trappings placed into a reheated, sta...
Janomi
Joe Carnahan reminded me why I've enjoyed his work for so many years. Like Narc and Smokin' Aces, The Rip is packed with tension, strong characters, sharp dialogue, and just eno...
chmul_cr0n
I don't know what it is...the inflationay use of twists in modern moviemaking or that they're not implemented carefully enough. Big twists and reveals are only worth it if you p...
decatur555
There are films that don’t try to reinvent anything and still work. The Rip is exactly that: a classic, straightforward thriller, well put together, that knows what it wants to ...
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Dread:
There's a part where the one cop is looking down the street. No cars, no lights. And the lights come on one by one, then there's some morse c...
Dread:
There's a part where the one cop is looking down the street. No cars, no lights. And the lights come on one by one, then there's some morse c...
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