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2015
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The Union
Representation Score
4.4/10
Fair
2024
PG-13Director
Julian Farino
Runtime
109 minutes
Average Rating
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The film incorporates diversity into its core casting and power dynamics, challenging traditional gender roles while maintaining a central multi-ethnic romance. However, it stays within conventional genre boundaries and does not engage with LGBTQ+ identities or systemic critiques of Western institutions.
Category Breakdown
Does The Union have LGBTQ+ representation?
The film follows a traditional romantic storyline that assumes everyone is straight or cisgender. There are no queer stories or non-traditional gender identities in the film.
How does The Union portray gender?
The story challenges typical gender roles by putting the female lead in charge professionally. She leads while the male lead follows as a recruit.
How racially and ethnically diverse is The Union?
The main couple consists of a Black woman and a white man, creating a central romantic arc that includes racial diversity.
How does The Union represent religion and culture?
The plot follows standard Western action-comedy clichés. It sticks to established espionage themes without critiquing Western institutions or capitalism.
Does The Union include disability representation?
There is no prominent depiction of visible or invisible disabilities in the film.
Present on Screen
- The film challenges traditional gender roles by making the female lead the expert and leader.
- The central romantic relationship features a multi-ethnic pairing, moving away from homogeneous casting norms.
Limited or Absent
- The narrative lacks representation of LGBTQ+ identities or non-traditional gender expressions.
- The story adheres to standard Western clichés without offering systemic critiques of social or political institutions.
- There is no visible or invisible representation of disability within the cast.
Official Synopsis
A New Jersey construction worker goes from regular guy to aspiring spy when his long-lost high school sweetheart recruits him for an espionage mission.
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