: Dear filmmakers, if you cast a well-known face in a spy thriller and kill that person's character in an insipid manner without showing the body, two deductions can be made: one, you wasted a good cameo; two, that character is likely to return as the film's antagonist. With that note, let me begin my review of , a spy action-comedy starring Mark Wahlberg and Halle Berry, which Netflix greenlit, I assume, after seeing the success of Apple TV+'s . Both films feature a plot where the female lead is a secret service agent, and the male lead is an everyday man caught up in spy games, as their romance reignites.
And yes, both films also have two very good-looking stars in the lead who display zero chemistry with each other while going through the motions trapped in a series of lacklustre action scenes. ‘ The Union is a secret spy organisation that assists other intelligence agencies in their country. The movie begins with their unit being ambushed while extracting an asset, resulting in most of the members being killed.
Additionally, intel containing information about all the spies and agents across various departments gets stolen and is set to be auctioned soon to the highest bidder. The Union needs to retrieve that intel before anyone else can lay their hands on it, but they require a complete nobody to help them gain access. Roxanne (Halle Berry), their top agent, has someone in mind—Mike (Mark Wahlberg), her former high-school sweetheart, who is currently leading an aimles.