Julian Farino has done a creditable job of directing his first action film, adding to his well-rated line-up of documentaries. The formula works and there will probably be a follow-up.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 9, 2025

With action, ritzy locations, charismatic leads, and smart one-liners, ‘The Union’ is the very definition of time pass

| Oct 4, 2024

“The Union” boasts a smattering of fine shootouts and car chases through the streets of London, but the rest is generic MacGuffin spy mash with a lazy ladling of rom-com.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Sep 23, 2024

A "fold your laundry" movie if I've ever seen one.

| Sep 16, 2024

Mark Wahlberg and Halle Berry have both been in better things than The Union. A London based action thriller, that proves to be neither action-packed, nor particularly thrilling. This is polished and packaged Netflix dross at its most mundane.

| Sep 14, 2024

If you’ve watched a spy film in the last 20 years, it’s not that hard to see how it’s going to play out. And there’s nothing here to justify taking this nearly two-hour below average basic spy slog.

| Original Score: 3/10 | Sep 14, 2024

The Union is barely a movie. It's just a series of poorly executed action scenes and jokes. Your typical Netflix trash. I would typically try to come up with something more creative to say but The Union didn't bother to, so why should I?

| Sep 14, 2024

Our leads are fine, and the action does its job, but nothing about this story is memorable or interesting.

| Original Score: 4/10 | Sep 13, 2024

Good chemistry between the actors can make an average movie just a little bit better.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Sep 7, 2024

The Union is one of those canny Wahlberg movies that break down the American crisis with understandable narrative simplicity.

| Aug 30, 2024

The Union is very much Bond-lite stuff...

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 28, 2024

A decent comedy trapped inside a DOA riff on 'Bourne.'

| Original Score: C+ | Aug 28, 2024

The action sequences are well choreographed, the international locations are eye-catching, and the actors seem to be having fun, especially Wahlberg. But it could all have been more.

| Aug 27, 2024

A by-the-numbers action comedy....though the movie is competently put together..it all feels prefabricated.

| Original Score: C | Aug 27, 2024

The Union exemplifies the worst characteristics associated with the term "Netflix flick," presenting a predictable, forgettable movie that fails in almost all the essential aspects of a remarkable film.

| Original Score: D | Aug 26, 2024

The idea here is to provide a good time on the living room chair, without worrying about something other than what's in the refrigerator to nosh on during the occasion. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 26, 2024

…The Union is just another Red Notice or The Grey Man; generic green-screen shlock with an overqualified cast, designed to be watched while you’re doing the ironing…

| Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 24, 2024

The Union" defies logic to such an extent that no amount of suspension of disbelief could ever justify it.

| Original Score: 1/4 | Aug 23, 2024

The Union succeeds because of its complete lack of any agenda or any pretentiousness.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Aug 23, 2024

There's nothing here you haven't seen a hundred times over in other, better, spy movies or action-comedies, yet it's still surprisingly watchable.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Aug 23, 2024