Recently, the much-loved actors Mark Wahlberg and Halle Berry were seen in their newest film The Union, an action-comedy film. This film was released on Friday, August 16, 2024, on the streaming giant platform Netflix.
Some films are long in run time but some films feel long despite short run time. Unfortunately, Mark Wahlberg and Halle Berry’s film “The Union” falls in the second category. Since this film was released on Netflix, the fans of Mark Wahlberg and Halle Berry have been taking over the internet and asking for a review of their newest film.
Catering to their queries, we have brought this article to share our review of The Union. Along with the review of The Union, we have also discussed some key details of the film. So be sticky with this page and go through it to the end. Drag down.
Ahead of the release of The Union, the buzz for the film continued growing and leaving people excited to watch this action-comedy film. Unfortunately, Mark Wahlberg and Halle Berry led a middling spy comedy in this film, leaving their fans disappointed as it could be more exciting or funnier.
Mark Wahlberg and Halle Berry’s ‘The Union’ Receives Mixed Reviews
Despite having big stars and a big budget, the film can not impress the viewers and receive praise from them. An action-comedy film should be more entertaining despite incredible lead actors like Mark Wahlberg and Halle Berry. The lack of charm of the lead actors in the film can also be felt by some fans.
While watching this film which is barely two hours long, it felt like something was playing on Netflix in the background. Many media outlets gave low ratings to this film. The fans had much higher expectations from Mark Wahlberg and Halle Berry.
The overall one-word review for The Union is “Disappointing”. The film did not receive good ratings as well. It falls flat in terms of a captivating storyline and entertaining scenes which could have worked out to an extent.
This film is about a broke construction worker named Mike who lives with his mother in his hometown of Patterson, New Jersey, where he also hangs out with his friends and goes to bars with them. Mike’s biggest achievement is a one-night stand with his seventh-grade teacher and the biggest win is his friend’s marriage where he is the best man.
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Mike’s life keeps going on in this direction until he meets his old high school girlfriend named Roxane in a bar in his hometown. His old girlfriend is now glamorous and confident enough as well. After meeting his ex-girlfriend in his hometown bar, Mike wakes up in a luxury hotel in London, leaving Mike baffled.
Later he finds out that he has been recruited as a spy. Roxanne and Mike embark on an extraction mission together “Mission: Impossible” in Trieste, Italy. “The Union” is the name of a clandestine agency for which Roxanne works as a spy agent. Roxanne tells Mike that every other secret agency in the world has been compromised because of a recent theft of classified information.
Usually, it takes at least one month to give basic training to a spy but Roxanne tells Mike that he has to do it in two weeks. The biggest drawback of the film is that it was not revealed anywhere in the film why Mike was recruited and why can not a real agent do this. It seems that the director forgot to film that particular scene during the filming of The Union. Stay tuned to this website for more details.