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

| Sep 16, 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 “Mission: Impossible” series went missing in action this summer, but that’s no reason to settle for Netflix’s “The Union,” a depressing illustration of the wisdom that sometimes you shouldn’t buy — or stream — generic.

| Aug 19, 2024

This contrived, pointless, blindingly boring vehicle is a pathetic, desperate attempt to keep Halle Berry and Mark Wahlberg’s careers alive.

| Original Score: 1/4 | Aug 17, 2024

The whole premise — that an agency is enlisting average schmoes for high-stakes secret missions — makes no sense.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Aug 17, 2024

This is not the kind of movie you talk about at film club. Nonetheless there is lots to enjoy in this profoundly silly action dramedy starring Halle Berry and Mark Wahlberg.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 16, 2024

For all the petrol, broken glass and stuntwork lavished on The Union, I can’t confidently say it has enough juice for [a sequel], but it at least rises above expectations.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 16, 2024

The trouble with “The Union” is that neither the film nor its characters have much in the way of personality, to the point it’s not even clear how they feel about one another.

| Aug 16, 2024

Its convoluted MacGuffin and predictable twists ensure that no amount of expensive action sequences from director Julian Farino or genuine chemistry between Wahlberg and Berry can elevate The Union into something worth watching.

| Original Score: C | Aug 16, 2024

There’s just not enough there -- action, comedy, romance, art -- to demand (or, rather, earn) your full attention.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Aug 16, 2024

The Union proves as entertaining as its Netflix algorithms would have predicted, balancing its impressive star wattage with lavish production values to remind viewers of the value of their monthly subscriptions.

| Aug 16, 2024

Deeply forgettable and disposable, this is the kind of action-comedy you will feel like you have seen before. But Halle Berry and Mark Wahlberg are good fun, at least.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Aug 16, 2024

No surprise, the best parts of “The Union” involve Berry and Wahlberg’s characters bantering, sharing a hotel room and tentatively addressing the forces that broke them up a quarter century earlier.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Aug 16, 2024

Another of those bland, superficially lavish thrillers that Netflix pumps out at the end of summer for those too dehydrated to reach the pause button.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 16, 2024

Everything about “The Union” is painstakingly familiar.

| Original Score: 1/4 | Aug 16, 2024

Dumb-but-agreeable

| Original Score: B | Aug 16, 2024

There’s nothing really to recommend The Union except the fact that it exists and you can watch it. It’s a harmless waste of time because it’s a serious waste of a good idea.

| Aug 16, 2024