Film: The Union
Cast: Halle Berry, Mark Wahlberg, J. K. Simmons, Lorraine Bracco, Jackie Earle Haley, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Alice Lee, Jessica De Gouw, Mike Colter
Director: Julian Farino
Rating: 2/5
Runtime: 105 min

Yet another wannabe Spy thriller with a top secret agency that the Govt would claim no knowledge of, going about it’s bussiness across international shores. This one has little to recommend it other than the unusual lead pairing. Academy award nominees Mark Wahlberg & J.K.Simmons and academy award winner Halle Berry team up but the resultant is very much a low brow effort.

The premise is completely unbelievable. Mike, a down-to earth construction worker, is thrust into the world of super spies and secret agents when his high school sweetheart, Roxanne, affiliated to the aforementioned agency going by the name ‘The Union’ recruits him on a high-stakes U.S. intelligence mission. He gets trained in two weeks under leader Tom (J.K. Simmons), tech vet Foreman (Jackie Earle Haley), physical specialist Frank (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje), and trainer Athena (Alice Lee), and sets out on a chase to intersect the bad guys (Russians as expected). The target is an auction, and agents are on the trail of Juliet (Jessica De Gouw), who they believe is linked to a botched job in Italy, which took the life of Nick (Mike Colter), a top Union operative.