The Union

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The Union

PG-13

2024

1h 46m

Action

Mystery & Thriller

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Mike, a down-to-earth construction worker, is thrust into the world of super spies and secret agents when his high school sweetheart Roxanne recruits him on a high-stakes U.S. intelligence mission.

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Critics Consensus

While its imprint may dissolve soon after the credits roll, The Union could provide sufficient thrills to household duties.

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Christy Lemire

FilmWeek (LAist)

09/16/2024

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

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Robert Levin

Newsday

08/23/2024

1/4

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

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Ben Kenigsberg

New York Times

08/19/2024

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.

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

08/04/2025

1.5/4

...familiar yet workable subject matter that’s employed to persistently (and pervasively) generic effect...

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Maxance Vincent

Film Speak

07/14/2025

D+

Mark Wahlberg and Halle Berry can't save this horrendous action comedy.

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Barry Levitt

The Daily Beast

06/05/2025

If the co-stars had fun filming, you’d barely know it based on the end result. It’s a lifeless, visually uninteresting, convoluted experience that combines the thrills of waiting in a dentist's office with the mystery of waiting at the DMV.

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Jackdan B

@RT02611631 Jul 12

Corny predictable and basic plot suitable for middle schooler. Badly written dialogue often delivered as badly as it was written. implausible plot with super secret spy agency being incompetent. The basic premise should have given it away. Waste of time piece by what seems to be first time writer - director. (I don't know this but I hope it is so...)

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Maurice L

@RT12618990 Mar 23

Great actors. Done before plot. Okay movie. Better than The Family Plan 2(Apple TV) movie! That's right, I said it, I said it!

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Jeff B.

@jab123ca Feb 22

Couldn't get past 45 minutes, bad uneventful & to stupid to keep watching

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Duncan B

@RT07534240 Feb 20

Utter dross. Amazed that someone thought this was worth funding.

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Dave L

@RT29131586 Feb 5

I enjoyed this film. Good action and superb cast.

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Michelle N

@MichelleN Jan 23

This is a no brainer action movie that is really easy to watch. Enough fight scenes to keep you entertained.

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Synopsis

Mike, a down-to-earth construction worker, is thrust into the world of super spies and secret agents when his high school sweetheart Roxanne recruits him on a high-stakes U.S. intelligence mission.

Director: Julian Farino
Producer: Stephen Levinson, Mark Wahlberg, Jeff G. Waxman
Screenwriter: Joe Barton, David Guggenheim
Distributor: Netflix
Production Co: Netflix, Work in Progress, Closest to the Hole Productions
Rating: PG-13 (Suggestive Material|Strong Language|Sequences of Strong Violence)
Genre: Action, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 16, 2024, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 16, 2024
Runtime: 1h 46m

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