I’m no stranger to lament when it comes to the disintegration of quality in what passes for movies today, but then along comes a bucket of swill like The Union to remind me things are even worse than I thought. This contrived, pointless, blindingly boring Nutflix vehicle is a pathetic, desperate attempt to keep Halle Berry and Mark Wahlberg’s careers alive. Berry’s beauty is pleasant enough for a single-star rating, but the rest arrives six feet under and stays that way.

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THE UNION ★ (1/4 stars)
Directed by: Julian Farino
Written by: Joe Barton, David Guggenheim
Starring: Hally Berry, J.K. Simmons, Mark Wahlberg
Running time: 109 mins.

She plays Roxanne, a sexy spy and two-fisted killer........

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