The Union Parents Guide

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The Union is now playing on Netflix. I wrote this The Union Parents guide to help you understand what is in the movie. All opinions are my own.

In the movie The Union, now playing on Netflix, you will get to see Mike (Mark Wahlberg) team up with Roxanne (Halle Berry) – in a comedy action. You start off with Mike who is set in his ways and very predictable, and Roxanne who is a spy and every moment of her life is changing and different. She runs into trouble and goes to find Mike to help her and her team. After a series of events he wakes up in London and after some soul-searching decides to join her team. It doesn’t take long for them to realize there is a mole inside the agency, and after several missions that go awry, they finally confront the one making everything hell for Roxanne and her team.

In the movie, you get comedy, a little romance, and a lot of action. Mark Wahlberg always does great and fits the role seamlessly. It has been a while since I have seen Halle Berry in anything and she still has it. I love watching her in films and that hasn’t changed. These two have a great on screen chemistry and that makes it even more fun. A couple of the downfalls are the language and the nudity (see parents guide below). The action has a lot of violence (fighting and shooting) but rarely is any blood is shown. The most intense part of the fight scenes are when Roxanne breaks the necks of a couple of different people.

I give it a 7.5/10. I would look at this more as a date night movie for spouses, or more mature audiences. There are a lot of sexual references and innuendos as well. So even with the PG-13 rating, I probably still won’t let any of my kids under 16 watch.

The Union is now playing on Netflix

The Union is rated PG-13 for sequences of strong violence, suggestive material, and some strong language It runs for 2hr 13m.

There are no end-credit scenes for The Union, so there is no need to watch the credits.

Sex & Nudity – 2/5 -shows part of Mike’s (Mark Wahlberg) bottom when he is showering. A man is taken hostage in his boxer shorts. A bare bottom is shown on a Facetime call. One man refers to “drain the hog”, insinuating he is going pee. Another reference to “fingers in your anus” during a psychological exam. Several references to sex, and one conversation about sex. A conversation about using a broom closet in 8th grade…

Violence & Gore – 2/5 – There is a lot of fighting and shooting. A knife being stabbed completely through a leg(blood shown). Multiple times a neck is broken (and it is shown). Snipers taking out people. There isn’t any blood shown. A lot of hand-to-hand combat and gunfire.

Profanity – 3/5 –

42 + uses of shit.
16+ uses of ass (asshole).
5+ uses of bitch.
10+ uses of hell.
20+ uses of God, GD, Jesus, Christ, OMG
1 full use of F bomb and a WTF in a text line it shows.
5+ uses of damn

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking – 2/5 – Beer is shown several times being consumed. Hard liquor is also shown being consumed. Most of it is in bars or at a wedding reception.

Frightening & Intense Scenes – 1/5 – While this is an action movie, I didn’t really feel at anytime super tense or frightened. So I would say it flows well, and might be a little predictable, but it was good.

The Union is a fun watch for date night. You will have some laughs and enjoy a good action flick that is relatively clean.

The Union Parents Guide

The Union is now playing on Netflix

About The Union :

Mike (Mark Wahlberg), a down-to-earth construction worker from Jersey, is quickly thrust into the world of super spies and secret agents when his high school sweetheart Roxanne (Halle Berry) recruits him on a high-stakes US intelligence mission.