The Union

2024
PG-13
1h 47m

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5.4/10

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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

45K

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POPULARITY

285

See production info at IMDbPro

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The Union: Roxanne And Mike Reunite

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The Union: Kitchen Fight

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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

6/10

Not Awful but ...

Well ... I found myself playing mindless games on my phone half way through, keeping a half an eye on the movie.

First the pros: the action sequences were pretty good. (Sorry, it's a short list) Cons: very little chemistry between the leads, I made the bad guy immediately (and if I did, why didn't the international super-spy?) and it just wasn't even believable enough to allow the suspension of disbelief needed for movies of this genre. One example: I suspect that secret agents do everything they can to blend in, rather than dressing like a cross between catwoman and action Barbie, with eye-catching hair.

Anyways ... not objectionable but with the resources obviously available, just feel like this could have been done way better.