Cracking the Code of Spy Movies!8 Okt 2024

THE UNION Decoded – Is It Good or Bad?

Join Dan and Tom as they decode the Netflix spy movie THE UNION. Is this movie starring Halle Berry and Mark Wahlberg any good? Listen to find out what we think.

THE UNION has an amazing cast, including 2 Oscar winners, 4 Oscar nominations, Tony Award winners, and Primetime Emmy Award nominees and winners. So, with this star-studded cast this has to be a great movie, right?

In this episode, we look at:

The extremely talented cast

The writing

The high kill count

The action sequences

How other movies have influenced it

The initial title for the movie before it was changed to THE UNION and why that matters

Some of the nods to the actors' earlier works

What Matilda the Musical has to do with this one

And more ...

Tell us what you think about THE UNION.

Have you watched THE UNION? What did you think? Are Dan and Tom right with their analysis?

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