Mark Wahlberg can complete an action film, no question. But with Halle Berry by his side, it’s time for popcorn!

“The Union” combines secret agent action with a high school love story. It’s a nice little combination, isn’t it? Because who better to convince you to go on a top secret mission than the sweetest berry of the bunch, Halle Berry?

If James Bond were a normal guy.

(Mike McKenna falls out of the building and crashes)

He might look a bit like Mike McKenna.

Halle Berry (as Roxanne Hall): “Do you still have your tuxedo from high school?”

Mark Wahlberg (as Mike McKenna): “Yes.”

Halle Berry (as Roxanne Hall): “Really?”

Mark Wahlberg (as Mike McKenna): “And it still fits.”

In “The Union,” Mark Wahlberg plays a down-to-earth construction worker who is thrust into the world of super spies and secret agents. By whom? Of all people, by his high school sweetheart Roxanne, played by Halle Berry…

Mark Wahlberg: “We had a lot of fun together. We always wanted to work together. We’ve been friends since 1988.”

…who drugs Mike before waking up in a completely different country. Toto, I don’t think they’re in New Jersey anymore.

Alex Miranda: “If you could wake up in any city in one minute, which city would it be?”

Mark Wahlberg: “I’m here with my family, so I’m fine. It would be nice to just wake up here in LA tomorrow and sleep in.”

Mark Wahlberg: “I love where you live. I love Miami.”

Roxanne recruits him for a risky US intelligence mission.

Alex Miranda: “Because you bring the craziest action in the most beautiful places to the screen.”

Mark Wahlberg: “We’re very lucky to be able to visit all these beautiful places. That’s not always the case. Usually I’m getting beaten and tortured in the woods somewhere.”

Something that Mark, who is known to train at 3am, would probably excel at in real life.

Alex Miranda: “The reflex test in the movie. How good do you think you are at it?”

Mark Wahlberg: “When she punched me in the face?”

Mark Wahlberg (as Mike McKenna) “One, seven… (slap) Ouch! Jesus!”

Alice Lee (as Athena Kim): “Bad reflexes.”

Mark Wahlberg: “She slapped me a couple more times. It’s getting annoying. Personally, I always try to be as alert and active as possible and I don’t want people to get the wrong idea. If I go to the gym at 3 a.m., I go to bed at 7 p.m. to get my eight hours of sleep.”

Mark Wahlberg: “If I don’t do it first, I can’t do it. I can’t go to work, spend 10, 12 hours on a film set and then suddenly go to the gym. I go home and then go to bed.”

Or maybe get a Wahlburger.

Alex Miranda: “Halle Berry. I’m sure you two had a blast working together, because it looked like it on camera. But I also want to know how you like your, well, burgers.”

Mark Wahlberg: “She said, ‘Oh, I’ve never had a burger.’ I said, ‘Okay, I can get you a truck.'”

Halle Berry: “Ahh!!! The Wahlburgers truck is at my house! Mark Mark.”

Mark Wahlberg: “And I sent her the truck to California, it was at her door and she freaked out and said, ‘What are you doing?'”

Halle Berry: Thank you, Mark! I love you, man.”

“The Union” is now streaming on Netflix.

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