by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner
I’m an extreme storytelling snob, but here I am struggling — STRUGGLING — to watch the otherwise really good Netflix potboiler crime drama The Rip. I’m at just about the midpoint now and, sure enough, the “midpoint switch” is happening.
So, as such, it seems as though the screenwriter is doing things by the numbers.
The only thing I can’t quite figure out is if Matt Damon or Ben Affleck is the protagonist. I THINK it’s Damon, but I don’t know just yet. Which, I suppose is why this is a pretty good story — it keeps the audience guessing.
