Review: Netflix's ‘Heart of Stone’ has a certain pep in its step—if any of these intended franchise starters have a chance of lasting success, perhaps it’s this one.
has at least one or two extra layers to keep things interesting. A pair of twists give a welcome bounce to the film, though I do wonder if this first entry has so exhausted its world’s tricks that there won’t be much more to add in any hoped-for sequels.
It’s difficult to describe the plot of the film without giving away one of those twists, but the basic gist is that Gadot plays Rachel Stone, an intelligence officer who finds herself in a get-the-tech chase involving a hyper capable computer program and a cabal of ethically shaded baddies., he of the Irish lilt and bedroom eyes, plays a member of Rachel’s team, with whom Rachel has gotten too close—ill-advisable for someone with such a dangerous higher purpose.
As a lead performer, Gadot is perhaps a little flat, as ever. But she sells the action well enough, and is complemented by appealing turns from Bhatt; from, who has to do a lot of fake-esque swiping of an enormous, spherical digital screen and does so rather convincingly.is thoughtfully curated—at least, for a movie of its ilk—which could bode well for its franchise potential.
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