The Union
Old flame. New mission.
A New Jersey construction worker goes from regular guy to aspiring spy when his long-lost high school sweetheart recruits him for an espionage mission.
Wokeness: 60%
Overall Score: 40%
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construction worker is depicted as a weak beta man who constant forgives and follows childhood love even after she abadons him for 20+ years
childhood love abandons guy that becomes a construction worker, for 20+ years because of parents disputes forgets about him join a secret organization marrys/divorce another guy then when everything goes to shit she comes-back after him for him to fix her shit show and save the organization.
the guy acts like a simp and constant forgive her / is saved by her, she of course is a short hair strong black woman that never loses and when she does is not her fault.
he also lose in combat to a enemy woman even being a construction worker and is also made fun of by one member of the organization that is a black man that instant started beating him up as "training" when he show on the organization the mc is of course white.
Created: 08-28-2024
Other reviews changed my mind
I can't in good faith give this a total-woke-propaganda vote, but after reading the other reviews, I can see that Mark is kind of a giant wimp, dullard and all round moron. Halle is super smart and she joined the secret society of genius level spies where Mark just hangs around being a dipshit.
At first, I kind of just watched this movie for the Mark / Halle combo, knowing it's going to be cheese. I wasn't looking out for any military-style propaganda to promote today's liberal agenda. I think that's how they get you. Like Homer Simpson: "nanananana Leader"!
Created: 08-28-2024
These awful action comedies are becoming a genre all there own. At this point I would settle for just average. For woke there's the usual
DEI casting, the strong, smart can do anything black female, the incompetent bumbling white male. There are some capable actors here but they are giving nothing to work with from this writing. Walberg's character is a little too stupid. This is a top tier secret spy agency that apparently is a 50 and up job. I mean 59 year old Berry is unbelievable as an active field agent and her stunts are laughable. She just looks awkward and slow in her action scenes. Even Wahlberg who looks more capable is recruited at 54. Really? These agents appear to know nothing about blending in and stealth as they all stand out like a sore thumb. Berry is like the geriatric terminator easily killing her way through everything in sight including hand to hand with multiple
larger younger men. Then a female villain just manhandles and beats up the much larger Wahlberg, the gets easily beat by Berry as she effortlessly picks her up and slams her down backwards in a suplex that I burst out laughing at. I will say the action scenes at least are done a bit better than these types of movies but it's still no enough and I gave up at 45 minutes.
Created: 11-24-2025