Union: Netflix movie sets unfortunate milestone in Mark Wahlberg and Halle Berry reviews

Latest Action and Comedy Movies on Netflix Union It's soared to the top spot on the streaming giant — but it's not all good news for the film's stars.

Since its release on Friday (August 16), the film has climbed to number one on Netflix in the UK, ahead of the 1998 film. United States Marshalls And 2021 Kingsman: The Secret Service.

Union Mark Wahlberg stars as Mike, a New Jersey construction worker who finds himself thrust into the world of super-spying when his high school sweetheart, Roxanne (Halle Berry), asks him to help him on a high-stakes U.S. intelligence mission.

The film received mostly negative reviews from viewers, with only a minority praising the “fun” story and the “great chemistry” between Wahlberg, 53, and Perry, 58.

Most of the participants considered Union “General” and “vulgar.” “Movies should make us feel something, so we should give them full marks.” Union “I feel so sorry for Netflix because it causes so much boredom and depression,” one person wrote on Twitter.

Another added: “I mean my expectations were low, like I had no expectations, but Netflix still managed to disappoint with this one.” Union film.”

This sentiment is reflected in the film's unfavorable rating on review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes, where it has a 28% audience rating based on over 100 reviews.

The poor result represents a low point for both Wahlberg and Perry, who haven't starred in a film with such a low audience rating in more than 10 years.

According to Rotten TomatoesOf the ten films Perry has starred in since 2014, Union It is the lowest rated by the audience.

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The second lowest is Kingswhich was released in 2017, and sold 31 percent. 2017 was not a good year for Perry, as to kidnapranked third in terms of the lowest percentage at 50 percent.

It has its highest Republican rating in the past decade thanks to X-Men: Days of Future Past In 2014, followed by 2019 John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum And 2022 Sydney With 86 percent and 85 percent respectively.

It is similar. A sad story for Wahlbergwhose last ten years in cinema have not seen a drop in audience ratings to 28 percent yet.

However, the actor has had his fair share of low ratings, with 2015 Mojave Coming at 30 percent, in 2022 My own time By 32 percent, in 2021 Infinite 34 percent, and the 2017 Transformers sequel The last knight By 43 percent.

At the top end of the Wahlberg are King Arthurwhich was released this year and received a 97 percent approval rating, in 2022. Father Stu With 95 percent and unknown With 90 percent.

However, the horrific audience rating did not stop. Union From soaring to number one on Netflix in the UK – and there's already talk of a sequel.

In an interview with diverseWahlberg, Perry, and director Julian Farino have stated that the creative team decided not to have the characters kiss in an effort to build anticipation for a potential sequel. They even joked that Netflix may have proposed a multi-film plan for the series.

At the film's press tour, Berry was asked about her critical failure in 2004. cat womanwhere the actor offered a brief defense against critics who said he was “bad” at the time.

Union Now available on Netflix.