Director: Julian Farino
A construction worker gets pulled off a job site and dropped into a world of dead drops and double-crosses in this 2024 action comedy built around an unlikely reunion.
What is The Union about?
Mike is content running his ordinary life until Roxanne, the girl he once loved in high school, walks back into it with an offer that has nothing to do with old times. She works for a covert intelligence outfit, and she needs someone off the grid — someone nobody would suspect — to help pull off a mission with real stakes. Mike's total lack of training becomes the point rather than the problem, as the film leans into the gap between his blue-collar instincts and the polished tradecraft around him. Old feelings resurface alongside new dangers, and the mismatched partnership between a spy and a novice drives both the jokes and the action set pieces toward a finish neither of them saw coming.
Cast & crew
Mark Wahlberg plays Mike opposite Halle Berry's Roxanne, with the two anchoring the film's mix of chemistry and chaos. J.K. Simmons and Jackie Earle Haley bring seasoned support, while Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Jessica De Gouw, Alice Lee, and Patch Darragh round out the cast across the mission's competing factions.
Context & significance
Directed by Julian Farino, the film runs 107 minutes and blends action, comedy, and thriller elements aimed squarely at a popcorn audience. It carries an IMDb rating of 5.4 and was produced in the United States, released in 2024 as a star-driven entry in the fish-out-of-water spy genre.
Where & how to watch
The Union is available on K-Time with both a Farsi dub and Persian subtitles, giving Persian-speaking viewers a choice of how to watch. Streaming requires a free K-Time account and login; browsing the synopsis, cast, and this page needs no sign-in at all. K-Time keeps its interface Farsi-first for the Iranian diaspora community it serves.