The Union

2024
PG-13
1h 47m

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5.4/10

43K

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Mark Wahlberg and Halle Berry in The Union (2024)

Mike, a down-to-earth construction worker from Jersey, is quickly thrust into the world of super spies and secret agents when his high school ex-girlfriend Roxanne recruits him on a high-stakes US intelligence mission.

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Construction worker Mike is thrust into the world of espionage when his high school sweetheart, Roxanne, recruits him for a high-stakes intelligence mission.Construction worker Mike is thrust into the world of espionage when his high school sweetheart, Roxanne, recruits him for a high-stakes intelligence mission.Construction worker Mike is thrust into the world of espionage when his high school sweetheart, Roxanne, recruits him for a high-stakes intelligence mission.

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IMDb RATING

5.4/10

43K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

278

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
From September 19 to October 4, 2022, filming took over the picturesque seaside town of Piran, Slovenia. Contracts with the town for lodging, blocked streets, and set-up for a cast and crew of 300 members were kept secret until a few days prior to arrival.

Goofs
Mike (Mark Wahlberg) calls back to New Jersey a couple times in the film. The time of day or night is always the same as it is in London, despite London being 5 hours ahead of New Jersey. When he phones his mother, a few hours have passed since breakfast, so it could easily be early morning and daylight in New Jersey. When he calls the guys at the stag night, it is the middle of the night in London, so the stag night could easily be well under way in New Jersey. Moreover, the scene in the bar in New Jersey is completely indoors and the outside is not visible. It could easily be daylight there.

Quotes
Roxanne Hall: Old fashioned. Well, let me pull out my appropriate racism chart and let's see where old fashioned falls between small town housewife and grand wizard of the Ku Klux Klan!

Crazy credits
During the first part of the end credits, some old photos of both Mark Wahlberg and Halle Berry are shown.

Connections
Featured in The Project: Episode dated 15 August 2024 (2024)

Soundtracks
Lovely Day
Written by Skip Scarborough and Bill Withers
Performed by Bill Withers
Courtesy of Columbia Records
By arrangement with Sony Music Entertainment

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Featured review

5/10

There Comes a Time...

....when actors can get a bit too old to do action movies. I loved Halle Berry in John Wick, but her action sequences in this movie made her look stiff and old and slow. When we've seen her do action in X-Men and even Cat Woman, it's sadly clear that the lady, amazing as ever to look at, is beyond those high energy action flicks.

I enjoy Mark Wahlberg in just about anything I've ever seen him in. He can always hold his own, but the script didn't give him, or anyone else, much to hold on to.

I'd be pretty put out if I had gone to a movie theater to see this movie. Since it was on Netflix, I don't feel too bad. At least I can still rewatch the Great British Baking Show to balance out my losses.

Normally, I don't punch like this, but when you have a cast of truly A-list actors, you expect something worth giving 105 minutes of your life to, that you can never get back.... Italy was pretty.