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16. Matt Damon Was A Good Guy All Along - The Rip
Joe Carnahan's new action thriller The Rip lays it on incredibly thick that Lieutenant Dane Dumars (Matt Damon) appears to be a Very Bad Dude and almost certainly the corrupt cop at the core of the Tactical Narcotics Team (TNT).
As thoroughly sus as Dane is shown to be throughout the film, we eventually learn that this was entirely by design, that Dane has spent the entire story manipulating events to smoke out the real corrupt cops, who are then revealed to be agents Nix (Kyle Chandler) and Ro (Steven Yeun).
The entire setup in the drug house was cooked up by Dane to cast suspicion on himself while allowing him to deduce who the real rotten eggs in the team were.
As fun as it was to see Damon taking a rare opportunity to apparently play a villain, it was ultimately far more on-brand for him to be the genius hero.
All the same, he played the part well enough that just about everyone bought into it.