Heart of Stone

​"Heart of Stone"

Watched English movie "Heart of Stone". 

Direction: Tom Harper. Story: Greg Ruchka. Produced by David Ellison, Dana Goldberg and others. Cinematography George Steel. Music by Steven Price . It features Gal Godot, Alia Bhatt, Jamie Dornan, Sophie Okonedo, Matthias Shweighöfer. The movie was released in 2023 and runs for about 2 hour 2 minutes. I watched it on Netflix with Aditi on 15th Aug 2023.

Rachel Stone works for MI6. But she is working there undercover for an organization called Charter. Charter works for the good of the world and is not answerable to any country. Charter’s main star is a mysterious artificial intelligence system called The Heart. Someone, supported by an Indian hacker, is trying to hack Heart and Rachel Stone is the only one standing between them and Heart. 

The movie is an action movie. It’s so true to the genre that you have action from start to finish. Story is weak, but that’s not so important, action is. Nevertheless, it keeps you interested despite its length. The movie ends with start of a new mission confirming that a sequel is in the offing. 

Gal Godot plays Rachel. She’s beautiful. Her actions are convincing and she’s a pleasure to watch. She also acts decently. Alia Bhatt makes her international debut with the role of hacker Keya. She doesn’t act bad, but she is much better than how she presents herself in this movie. Jamie plays the villain. His character is also underdeveloped. Matthias plays Stone’s technical support. Sophie plays King of Hearts. 

Fight scenes are very good. The acting director and cinematographer have a lot of latitude and they capitalize on it. Weak characters and weak story are the draw backs of this movie. 

Positives: Gal, Action. 

Negatives: Story, weak characters.  

Watch if you are action movies fan.