Heart of Stone, Gal Gadot Becomes the World's Elite Spy Hero
Are you a fan of Gal Gadot and an action movie lover? It looks like "Heart of Stone, Gal Gadot becomes the world's elite spy hero" This latest Netflix movie can be an option to enjoy your weekend.
The film, directed by Tom Harper, stars famous actresses and actors such as Gal Gadot, Jamie Dornan to Bollywood star Alia Bhatt.
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| This image released by Netflix shows Gal Gadot in a scene from "Heart of Stone." (Photo: Robert Viglasky/Netflix via AP) |
The film hits Netflix on Friday night, August 11, 2023.
Heart of Stone Synopsis
Heart of Stone tells the story of Rachel Stone (Gal Gadot) who is a member of the MI6 secret agency. However, Stone only disguised himself for a mysterious elite spy group called Charter. Stone must guard his identity as best he can until he is ordered to never care about the other MI6 members, to meet the goal of capturing the target.
Charter is described as the most trained agent, with no political leanings, no national allegiances, working together to maintain peace in a turbulent world. To achieve their noble goals, the agents rely on a one-of-a-kind asset called Heart, which is a technological sophistication to spy on all humans on this earth.
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This sounds like a promising plan for Keya Dhawan (Alia Bhatt), who aims to steal Heart and control it. Keya initially works with Parker (Jamie Dornan), until she realizes that she is working with the wrong person.
Review Heart of Stone
Action movie lovers will praise Gal Gadot's acting skills with her beautiful face which turns out to be very good at fighting. Every action scene in this film goes in balance with the conflict and character development.
Overall, the idea of Heart of Stone's story is just like any other secret agent movie that contains disguise and betrayal. But in this film, it is also shown how the horror of technological development in the world that can destroy mankind if it falls into the wrong hands.
After the film is over, the technological sophistication depicted in the film seems quite impossible to realize in the real world although it does not rule out the possibility that the future could be that terrible.
The story also focuses on Rachel Stone's struggle to save Heart as well as the lives of many people. He looks like a superhero who is difficult to die even though he has fallen from a height to be thrown from a bomb explosion.
While Hollywood usually creates female action heroes, they often do things that men usually do. Instead of doing that, Heart of Stone revitalizes ancient tropes with a humanistic approach and gives way to a female-led story that creates thoughtful characters with compassion that serve as the driving force for her actions.
Not to mention, the film balances its action very well with humor without seeming forced thanks to the naturalness that develops between the characters and the situations in which they find themselves.
Some parts in the film are also very visually appealing, ranging from the part taken at sunset in the snowy Italian mountains to the atmosphere of the icy mountains in Iceland that look so cold. Heart of Stone of course also has a simple plot twist that one by one is revealed from the middle of the story. It certainly appeared unexpectedly.