Matt Damon is a desperate father and Casey Affleck, an ex-con pursued by the police and vengeful crime bosses, in the trailer for Doug Liman’s heist movie The Instigators, which dropped on Thursday.

“I got a once-in-a-lifetime score,” Rory, played by Damon, says early on in the trailer (below) as he teams with Cobby (Affleck) to rob a corrupt mayor (Ron Perlman) of his ill-gotten gains. But when their heist goes wrong, the duo are forced on a chaotic getaway.

In over their heads, Rory enlists his reluctant therapist, played by Hong Chau, to join their riotous escape through the city, where the inept thieves must put aside their differences and work together to evade capture — or worse.

The Instigators hinges on the on-screen chemistry between Affleck and Damon. In turn, Damon collaborated with Liman on The Bourne Identity franchise. The pic also reteams Damon, Affleck and producer Kevin Walsh...