Berry is slick as a secret agent guiding Wahlberg into the spy life in this dumb but agreeable caper.
If I were an international super spy, I’d send a complaint.
He’s what makes America great.
Mark Wahlberg in ‘The Union’.Jon Pack/Netflix
What’s the Union, you ask?
Well, there’s the CIA, but picture those guys like the rich snobs inCaddyshack.
Think of it as the inverse of theKingsmanpremise, trading those bespoke suits for blue jeans.
Halle Berry and Mark Wahlberg in ‘The Union’.Laura Radford/Netflix
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The movie begins in Trieste, Italy, where an extraction goes south.
(The Union is based in London probably so the movie’s production could evade Hollywood union labor.
Simmonsand includesAdewale Akinnuoye-Agbajeas the muscle, Alice Lee as the driver/medic, andJackie Earle Haleyas the hacker.
Still, it all basically works, and J.K. Simmons is also always welcome as a no-nonsense boss.
Maybe there’s a crossover in the future.
I would describe his auteurial imprint as one that “gets out of the way.”
If you want something done efficiently, hire a union man.Grade: B
