We Didn’t Expect This! REBEL RIDGE (2024) - First Time Reaction

Description: Join Syntell and Rekkai as they dive into the intense world of Rebel Ridge, a 2024 Netflix Original movie that packs an emotional punch with its gripping story and powerful performances. This is our first time watching, and we’re ready to explore all the twists, turns, and action this film has to offer!
Synopsis: Rebel Ridge is a fast-paced thriller that confronts systemic corruption, personal redemption, and the fight for justice. The film follows a former Marine who uncovers a dark conspiracy that reaches deep into the corridors of power. As he battles to expose the truth, he faces relentless enemies who will stop at nothing to silence him.
Key Characters and Their Roles:
Aaron Pierre as Jared Cochrane, a former Marine on a quest for justice
Don Johnson as Sheriff Lamar Price, a local lawman with dark secrets
AnnaSophia Robb as Tessa Boyd, a journalist trying to uncover the conspiracy
James Badge Dale as Reese Dixon, a ruthless enforcer
James Cromwell as Senator Mitchell Carson, a powerful figure at the center of the corruption
Director: Jeremy Saulnier
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[@Syntell]

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[@nupefromdaville]

Thanks bro! Can't wait until the LIVE Deep Dive tomorrow!

[@blacprophet1153]

Syntel you wrong with that pizza roll comment. I don't even like pizza rolls😂😅😂😅😂😅😂

[@nupefromdaville]

@@blacprophet1153 bwahahahahahaha

[@Pr0x1mo]

Really? Why is he helping her? She was the only person trying to help him and she called because she thought she was dying, its within his character for him to help her. Wtf yall talking about?

[@moxyent1354]

Lol I was so confused when they said that. It made perfect sense that he would have helped her.

[@gualacheesesteak]

Not paying attention at all 😂

[@TatankaTaylor]

@@gualacheesesteak That's what I don't get. Because they were paying a lot of attention to stuff that was not that important to the story. And yet they had no idea why he would risk helping the only person that put her life on the line for him? C'mon! That sort of "f-you! I got mine!" mentality is a real toxic way to live life. If someone helps you, you help them back! WTH.

[@gualacheesesteak]

@@TatankaTaylor it’s just weird, feel like they wouldn’t have felt that way if he came back for lady cop that helped him

[@brownenerdygurl]

She risked getting her daughter back for him. Of course he helped her.

[@gualacheesesteak]

Paying attention is a good thing to do in movies to understand characters actions 💀

[@Vatti.]

So it’s not normal for him to help her?! Early moments in the movie you see he cares about his people, you see of how much effort he was doing to bail his cousin. So….It’s normal for him help her, he felt guilty for implying her on his mess. He had to go back. Especially when she was trying to help him with a lot to loose, and got on to extra steps with her research. Same thing with the restaurant owner. He felt guilty they raided his restaurant when he was just trying to sort out the situation in the legal way. Those were mostly the moments he “lost his cool”, when he lost control of the situation and the people he asked favours and tried to help him got in trouble because of him.

[@TraceyJean]

I think what I liked most about the movie is they managed to do this revenge style movie about a veteran being wronged without everybody getting shot. I think this society has glorified violence so much that we have become desensitized to the death & gore. 1. Female lead was trying to help his cousin so she earned some of his respect given how corrupt the town was. 2. Her story of being a drug addict, losing her child, and fighting her way back completely earned his respect. 3. It also made her a kind of substitute for the cousin he couldn't save, especially since he understood she couldn't leave town while her daughter lived there with her ex-husband who had full custody.

[@fantasma8253]

The main theme of the movie was de-escalation, since the very start he insisted on being non lethal and has a strong moral code about it. If you really think about it this is not revenge at all, survival is more accurate. Revenge is a choice, they had no choice but to fight back to clear their names or die trying because they were going to get killed anyway so why be a sitting duck and make it easy

[@allier1867]

she helped him so he helps her. it's the right thing to do and the character is very moral in how he does things. things could have been bloodier but he's not like that

[@brennanhearn6342]

Right? He didn't kill a single person when he easily could've killed them all! But, he didn't consider it the right thing to do, even though they were trying to kill him.

[@MrNathansdad]

Because through the whole thing she was the only one willing to help him, and he realized that if he's gonna get those cops he'd need her help. Like he said initially he just felt hopeless, but then after things settled in his mind...

[@blacprophet1153]

He is more like a Black Reacher because of his intelligence and fighting abilities! I watched this when it first appeared on Netflix. I was very impressed! I'm waiting on another Movie!

[@GregHall-v1n]

@@blacprophet1153 impressed? By a movie based on a popular social lie?? Disappointing.

[@fantasma8253]

Why add “black”?? He can’t be his own character? What’s the obsession with always wanting to make a black version of something? Are you the black version of a human or are you just a human that happens to be black. WHAT THE FCK ABOUT THIS MOVIE MAKE YOU THINK THIS GUY IS THE BLACK REACHER? You put yourself in an inferior position then wonder why people treat black people the way they do. You don’t even have enough respect for yourself to be your own person and be original, you always have to be the black version of something good. I never heard of anyone saying chris Kyle who is a famous sniper the “white reaper”, reaper being another famous sniper who happens to be black. The black guy is rarely the original version, you always have to make him a copy of white people. Get rid of that coon mentality boy

[@ziggymarley8498]

​@@GregHall-v1n🤡

[@emonikellum428]

Would y’all be just as infuriated if she was a man that he went back to go save? Idk it just feels sexist. But even if it isn’t, why can’t he just being doing it out of the kindness of his heart? There’s a thing called empathy… otherwise, good reaction.

[@ahmorgan]

Yeah, that was weird. Why were they so bothered by that?

[@brownenerdygurl]

"Maybe if she was fine or something..." Really??

[@Vienne2Luv]

We got a Black Reacher, Hell Yeah?! I just loved this movie! Aaron Pierre should blow up as a solid leading man after this one!

[@vincentsweargen8436]

Thanks for pointing out the Marine Corp Martial Arts Program. I'm a martial artist and an Air Force vet. I had the opportunity to train with a MCMAP instructors. I ain't never been so tied up, tangled up, and tossed around so much in my life. I'm a large guy and I was nice with it...he was nicer.

[@nupefromdaville]

@@vincentsweargen8436 I am a martial arts and army vet. Military brat. I trained with a mcmap instructor when I was 20. Stalemate. He couldn't believe I was in the army. Lol

[@kerry-j4m]

I served with Marines in Iraq back in 2005 and they said their combatives program wouldn't work out on the streets in a real fight. I was in a Texas Guard infantry unit.

[@nupefromdaville]

@@kerry-j4m yeah ..that isn't true but it is very similar to when I started my martial arts career with Tai Kwon Do which will not work in the streets. And that is because of intent. TKD is for tournament and other people who know TKD. Depending on who you get to train you MCMAP, a lot of Jiu Jitsu and Kenpo in there

[@kerry-j4m]

@@nupefromdaville Just telling you what actual marines I fought with said about mcmap,so,I'm taking their word on what they said.

[@nupefromdaville]

@@kerry-j4m well since I was an army instructor and never an mcmap instructor, sure ... whatever... If people can fight and the practitioner can't, then maybe... But whatever...

[@clarity7831]

he saves her because she is his access to info on the corrupt players

[@RussellDale6019]

Dude he's the reason she's in this situation.

[@americadrm]

He was helping her because she had information to end the bullshit that was happening in the town it makes all sense

[@sweetglaze7360]

He helped her because she helped him when she knew getting caught up with him and the police would mess up her situation with her daughter.

[@chandlermorgan708]

But then I was like nah😂😂😂😂

[@jelanitarik8452]

@@chandlermorgan708 When he said that…🔥🔥🔥

[@Vienne2Luv]

LOVED THAT, VALID!!

[@zuzu5683]

You know this movie good when yall predict everything wrong 😂

[@jeffwilliams2828]

He went back for a few reasons that Im surprised you didn’t realize. She is a witness to the his issues and crimes he experienced. Secondly, ruining their assassination attempt interrupts any plans they had regarding her death. Lastly, I think you jumped the gun and assumed it was a romantic cliche or maybe you think that men can only be motivated to help a woman if sex is the reward. Either way I was surprised that took you out of the movie

[@jelanitarik8452]

Exactly.

[@NinaPB]

Their lack of comprehension was annoying.

[@cmcgccjsl]

They track cell phones; uhhhh without a number? They highlight all the steps he's taken to stay off their and anyone else's radar. And y'all really don't get why a Marine would help a civilian who risked her life and family to try and help yours? This is an action movie that exists in the real world. The hand to hand isn't pretty. And regular cops struggle to hit what they shoot at. And the ending of the movie is how you'd actually take down a corrupt local police department and not end up doing life in prison or dead.

[@NotSoEvilOverlord]

I just finished watching this, and really enjoyed it!

[@ahmorgan]

Plus she was about to die, what kind of person, let alone a hero, would leave an innocent person to die?

[@cheriquecampbell9549]

Cuz he’s the reason she’s in this mess????????

[@AllInTheGame01]

So y'all wanted him to go on a murder spree then get brutally murdered to get your 'action fix & realism'?! Y'all should react to a couple of the director's other movies (Green Room & Blue Ruin).

[@spruce381]

The plot doesn’t stand up to scrutiny, but you root first the good guy. Thought it was gonna go all first blood at the start. Enjoying your reaction. Ta

[@fantasma8253]

It definitely hold up to scrutiny. Just say you wanted a typical bloodbath and John wick actions scenes. It’s like watching a comedy movie and expecting pxrn. You missed the most important theme of the movie and think your taste and understanding is good enough to determine the quality of a movie. you expected him to leave a trail of dead bodies even tho from the very start terry is insisting on DE-ESCALATION.

[@jasminmadison7971]

I just like he wasn’t backing down.

[@ahmorgan]

These guys must have been talking too much and missed plot points. They didn't kill his cousin, they sent him to prison and he was killed by people from his past. They didn't care but also didn't know he would be killed.

[@taki7780]

Come on dawg you know for a fact the only reason you were upset he went back for her is bcs she’s white. He clearly went back bcs she was the only person that entire time that helped him. He’s still human and has emotions despite him being cold and calculated during combat.

[@fantasma8253]

Yep that’s the only logical conclusion. Anyone with any sense would understand why he went back for her unless you don’t like the idea that she’s white and he’s risking his life to save her. They think the only reason why he’s doing it is to get the white girl😭😂 shows you how little they actually understood

[@bookjunk]

He's helping her because she helped him, even though she really didn't have to and could have easily stayed out of it. And because she did decide to help him, they drugged her and were going to have her fired, she was going to lose her kid etc. How do you NOT return the favour and go back to try and help her? Would he even be the good guy of the story, if he just left her in the shit?

[@spruce381]

You might like reacting to - the guard. Irish crime, with Brendan Gleason and Don Cheadle

[@Vienne2Luv]

Unfortunately, our hosts missed quite a bit!🙄 The female cop obviously alerted the State Police, who have jurisdiction over the local cops. The cop (who also turned) in the car, did clarify the code given via Dispatch was for Escort (to the hospital). Also, is Micheal Jai White even still alive... seriously?? 🥴🧐

[@jatilq]

Second time watching your reaction and the question about helping her still bugs me. As a black man, I know it’s rare for people to stick their necks out, go against their clan. She stuck her neck out and would have gotten his brother out, if not for him being stabbed. She almost died and was going to lose her child. I would’ve stayed to help her and it has nothing to do what sex she is.

[@bashirijones7008]

The main reason why you don't understand and would not do what he did is because...... You're not a hero. Heroes save people especially... if they're a fictional hero and the people that produce your movie are trying to build up a franchise.

[@bricarlock2426]

I said the same thing with the way parked his car. It’s giving car commercial like they was sponsored 😂😂🙌🏼

[@liamcephus9687]

Scary thing is that is EXACTLY how civil asset forfeiture works

[@kerry-j4m]

So true,don't travel with cash,use cashier's checks for large sums of cash.

[@thatkidAtrayne]

..... shout out to people that help others out of the kindness of their heart and notbecause they are beautiful or will give you some "cuddy" in return. lets normalize that, my fellow black men.

[@andywatkins7709]

Awesome movie

[@dalefisk7667]

I feel like the cops turning on the chief at the end was because he shot the other officer. And once he realized how badly wounded the officer was the chief was willing to let him die in order to get away with it.

[@Derrick-x6u]

Now you know how these movies go you know he was going to B captain saved a

[@alym346]

Amazing movie ❤

[@L.Smith.]

I thought this movie was perfectly executed. Finally Netflix got it right. Helpfully theres a sequal

[@Alvo-dj4si]

Great movie and video. Could you watch harry brown please. One of the best English films this century

[@brockharrisyummiroll363]

i need a part 2

[@frankford4394]

He was helping her because he felt like her helping him is what put her life in danger

[@jankyteeth6213]

If any of you are looking for a horror movie later this year near Halloween I’d recommend New Life

[@fluguer6085]

They asking why he helping her made me stop watching this reaction, I'm out NGL.

[@gualacheesesteak]

Same, it’s obvious they wanted to hate it with the takes they were having

[@fantasma8253]

They made cause the black guy risked his life to go save the white girl in distress. That tells you they didn’t understand any of this movie. And they focus on the most irrelevant facts of the movie. Ain’t money you got a minimum of sense and you don’t understand why he went back

[@liamcephus9687]

lol y’all ain’t never been noodling? Ain’t country folks I suppose lol. That was catfish and that’s how you can get em.

[@Emilyb21-dm3bf]

Favourite reactor's and the absant lady too 😊

[@kostasanto3035]

News flash no one in police departments can track phones jeniuses noone has the equipment to do that except some special services which is done for higher rated criminals

[@eatsmylifeYT]

The ending was pretty meh.

[@ryanmurphy7976]

Did you guys even pay attention watching this movie😂

[@TheLibrarianOG1]

Rambo: New Blood

[@rhidiansigler6836]

Feels like y’all didn’t even watch the movie bruh tf 😂😂

[@TheeTreyForbes]

I'm not sure why there is so much vitriol about him saving the person who tried to help him save his cousin. You both either lack compassion, empathy or comprehension.

[@Sektion9]

It could have easily been a Tarantino film lol. It's still a great satire though.

[@hotchocolategirl1der]

He helped her so the movie could keep going. Also, BM seem to love to save wm. Like all the BM who came to Caitlyn Clark's rescue, as though she was in danger. Shout out to the BM who feel that strongly about BW. Having said all of that, it shouldn't matter if someone is cute, or you want to smash for you to show them humanity and help them.

[@fantasma8253]

Only a racist would make this about race. You dummy. He went back because she’s the only one who helped him to save his cousin. He got a sense of how corrupt the place is firsthand too. Her being white has absolutely nothing to do with anything about this movie lol especially because there’s no romantic angle between them whatsoever. You just an angry BW that sees race everywhere and can’t enjoy a movie. They stripped all of that race nonsense and made a move about de-escalation and survival and all you see is a black guy going back to white girl. The level of ignorance in your comment is baffling

[@dj_bosnian99]

@@hotchocolategirl1der bro stfu ru serious rn gtfo with ur racist ass

[@GregHall-v1n]

I turned this crap off after the first 10 minutes. This is clearly meant to anger black people before the election. There are so many nonsense plot devices just in the first 10 minutes. 1. The Cops say he was fleeing on his bike yet we know that because of the dashcam they could never get away with that lie in real life so that was the first whack part. 2. The Cops say they are going to essentially steal his money but in real life they could never get away with that because of the bodycam. This is just another movie playing up a social situation that is based on a lie. In real life we see what actually happens. Look no further than the Tyreek Hill situation. That is what we see 99% of the time, not how this guy behaves and acts. If black guys in real life behaved the way the hero acts in this movie there wouldn't be a problem in America but thats not what we see. I can't get behind this movie based on a lie designed to get blacks riled up about more nonsense. The way you guys respond in this reaction is exactly how they want us to respond. You all are acting like this is legit and that it actually happens but thats just playing into the setup. Its dissapointing.

[@hawkgt]

You should've watched the whole movie then. This movie explores Civil Asset Forfeiture. The accused are put in jail for 90 days and only after that is when they can appeal which conveniently is the turnaround of when video cam footage is recorded over.

[@thebigshep]

Literally every problem you have is addressed directly in the movie, which you'd know of you'd watched it. Not everything that has a sociopolitical element is propaganda. And to address your points: 1) the hiding/exposure of the body and dash cam records is literally the central tension that the ENTIRE plot revolves around from the second act on. It's thoroughly addressed. Cops have ways to work around it, and the cops in this movie are no different. 3) Yes they can. They literally explain how the seizure of the money is legal, or can easily be twisted to be so. Should it be? No. But not all laws are just.

[@KevinPlump]

24:25 mark Syntell wanted to know why the "black buff guy" is going back for the "white girl" ? I think we already know the answer to that