The Union

Going into this action/comedy movie, I knew nothing about it and my expectation was extremely low. Maybe too low but I felt this movie started out OK. Things made sense but it went South (way South) very very quickly. Everything was sub-par ranging from action scenes to acting, and it was really getting painful to watch toward the end. There was no climax whatsoever. Thank God I was not watching this in the movie theater!

Unless you have watched everything on Netflix (which I was told simply impossible), please skip this one. You have not missed much and glad that you have followed my advice.

For a Netflix movie it had big screen action and actors and great locations. Very cool to finally see Berry and Wahlberg doing something together - on-screen professionals doing what they do best, make it look so easy and believable which redeems the weak script. You kinda wonder, if they are throwing all this money into big names and big action, why wouldn't they do better with the script and storyline? Script and storyline 3/10, actors, action and locations 8/10. So this gets an overall 6.

Found the scene blowing up the BBC BT Tower in London amusing and interesting (given that I'm a Londoner). What would London actually do if that happened!! Wowzers.

Halle was hot in Wick, yet I don't know how they did it, but her walk was bad, her acting was bad, her fighting was bad, and her look and wardrobe was just awful. Mark was his usual good acting but even he couldn't do a whole lot with this movie. Fight scenes were sub-par, dialogue was cheesy and everything was so done before. I even stopped the movie to go take a walk. If I had had anything else to do I would not have finished it, but I didn't so ended up watching the rest and nothing about my initial perception changed. To sum up, if you have literally anything else to do go do it, otherwise set your bar low and enjoy.

A truly awful film and a waste of a talented cast. The plot must have been written by AI. It had every cliched plot point you could imagine; the ordinary man becoming a hero; spy stuff; the beautiful ex-girlfriend; action; a foreign location. It wasn't even funny, just grim.i gritted my teal and slogged through it. I'd like to say that there were some interesting plot points that could have been done better it expanded upon, but that wasn't the case. I appreciate that companies such as Netflix need content to keep their subscribers happy, but the quality needs to be much better, even if it takes longer to produce.

....when actors can get a bit too old to do action movies. I loved Halle Berry in John Wick, but her action sequences in this movie made her look stiff and old and slow. When we've seen her do action in X-Men and even Cat Woman, it's sadly clear that the lady, amazing as ever to look at, is beyond those high energy action flicks.

I enjoy Mark Wahlberg in just about anything I've ever seen him in. He can always hold his own, but the script didn't give him, or anyone else, much to hold on to.

I'd be pretty put out if I had gone to a movie theater to see this movie. Since it was on Netflix, I don't feel too bad. At least I can still rewatch the Great British Baking Show to balance out my losses.

Normally, I don't punch like this, but when you have a cast of truly A-list actors, you expect something worth giving 105 minutes of your life to, that you can never get back.... Italy was pretty.