I watched The RIP on Netflix — Ben Affleck and Matt Damon's new movie commits too many crimes to be considered a genre great

The RIP could've been the next great addition to the Affleck-Damon back catalog. Sadly, the pair's new Netflix movie commits too many storytelling crimes for me to recommend it, though it's far from the worst film the duo and/or the world's most popular streamer have been involved in. Nevertheless, aside from some enthralling and emotionally-charged cast performances, and glimpses of a far more electrifying heist thriller hidden within its makeup, it's another by-the-numbers, forgettable original movie from the streaming titan.

Light spoilers follow for The RIP.

I'm a big fan of movies where Ben Affleck and Matt Damon co-star. I've greatly enjoyed films in which just one of them appears, but there's no denying that projects they're both in – Good Will Hunting, Dogma, and Air to name three – have a certain magic about them.

Color me intrigued, then, when the ...