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What happened to kicking back on a Friday night, with a cold drink and a big back of crisps and just enjoying the ride.

As somebody else mentioned, it is a bit like mission impossible on a smaller budget. Still plenty of action, one or two surprises and a feel good factor.

Will people just please stop whinging about every single film ever made and just enjoy them for what they are.....entertainment I thought the film was fun and I enjoyed it......the stunts and CGI on their own made it worth watching.

The characters were good and it left the viewer on a high ready for a sequel.....provided all the negative reviews don't kill it stone dead

Raise a cold beer to this one and enjoy it.

I don't believe they were attempting to sell anything beyond a typical action movie here, so if that was their intention, they certainly succeeded! I went into it without expectations, and it turned out to be enjoyable, exactly what you anticipate from a movie like this.

The writing was a bit weak, which is a common trait in almost any action movies. However, there were two aspects that stood out and aren't typically seen in such films. Firstly, there was no excessively long fight scene where characters (especially women) are hit multiple times and keep on fighting. This was quite refreshing.

Secondly, they actually addressed the injuries sustained by the characters. In many movies, the main character gets hurt, but is miraculously fine just moments later. In this film they show the character's injuries and exhaustion throughout the entire movie. I thought this was well-executed, which is why I gave it a rating of 6.

Overall, it's a good movie if you simply want to switch off your mind for a few hours and not think about anything.

Gal Gadot is not a great actress. She's a true beauty though - a 10 out of a 10. She seems to have a great real life personality and she has been an inspiration to young women.

The above are major reasons why she sells tickets. It's just that I want to see great artists at work. I want to see someone transform completely and take me on a journey. I don't need to see yet another Netflix filler with a forgettable story But once again, Netflix delivers exactly that.

Wake me up when the next Mad Men, Succession or Better Call Saul happens. This film confirmed I should be much more strict in what I watch, because I'm wasting my time otherwise.

Look - unfortunately, there are a lot of negative reviews for this out there - but seriously - it doesn't deserve all the negativity, it's really NOT bad - I enjoyed it! It's loaded with action, it does have a little twist in there - it's just an action movie, simple. It's also not poorly done - it looks good, the action is great - it's really not bad! Could it have been better? SURE - the story is fairly predictable - the action is predictable - it's a little cheesy - but it definitely doesn't deserve all the negativity it's received. Again - I enjoyed it - it wasn't that bad! Pickles are made from cucumbers.

Admittedly this is not the best MI inspired ripoff, but it's pretty entertaining. Just skip past the netflix bashers and the 'critics' out to get some of the actors.

The storyline is pretty thin, but it checks out and has enough in it for some decent action. Acting is more than fair and the stunts and their photography are good.

As a spythriller it has the same credibility issues as the next one, including MI. Of course it does, that's why it's called fiction. Yes there are some stupid decisions, but that doesn't affect the entertainment, unless of course you're out to find them all so you can give some superficial review.

If you're into spy thrillers like MI, then you will most likely have a fun time watching this one.

This was quite infuriating, decent cast and action sequences, but such an awful, boring convoluted script full of cliches and total lack of believable characters. It feels like nobody did any audience testing or editing, a lot like Sentinel (ok that was a show) another soulless action movie that is like a B movie from the video store but with a real budget and people you have heard of. Don't really get what Netflix is doing, for all this money couldn't they have spent some on a decent writer? Was this written by AI? Gal Gadot was great and did a good job, Jamie Dorman is as boring as in everything else so at least he is consistent.

This movie was an interesting breath of new. This reminded me of many movies. At first it reminded me of the Mission Impossible movies. To some extent, the tradition of James Bond films was also respected. The film moved quickly from one continent to another. Surprising plot twists were seen and naturally a pretty good villain was also present. This also reminded me of the megalomaniac plans of the villains in the Bond films. Gal Gadot's charisma carried a lot in the film. She did a good role as a new kind of agent. I have some expectations if a sequel is decided to be made. This was just the beginning. What else can a possible new movie saga offer?

The concept of the movie is actually kind of interesting. This whole heart thing catched me definitely. But besides that and a few nice action scenes the movie wasn't that good.

I'm sorry if I say this but Gal Gadot isn't Tom Cruise. CGI Stunts especially bad made CGI stunts look so much worse than real stunts and this is a huge problem when one of the best action spy movies with some of the most impressive stunts ever made, MI 7, is running in cinemas at the same time. Really bad timing. This movies isn't anywhere as good as MI 7 but maybe I expected a little too much.

Also I rarely watched a movie where the music annoyed me but this one manages it. The Music ruins so much scenes.

If this movie was really thought to be the beginning of an entire franchise Netflix should have put some more effort into it, but at the end the real factor that decides if there will be more movies is the money not the quality, sadly.

Less then three minutes in and it's already painfully obvious this is yet another entry in the minimum-effort, disposable TV show category.

We start with some breathtaking scenery flying over the Schnals Glacier toward the Alpin Arena Schnals Senalesatop ski resort, at least until they decided to point the camera into the sun once we switch to the party. There we learn some agents are conducting an op, but just like recent DOA shows like Citadel and Fubar, trained agents are speaking on their "secret" coms openly among crowds of people. Worse, they are further risking exposure by extending those exchanges into casual conversations about (insert unimportant topic).

Then something goes wrong with their remote computer access (which also never makes sense), yet no one on the team seems alarmed that they might have been discovered and cut off. Instead they casually seek another way to access the network.

Besides the fact secure networks don't broadcast a signal through which they can be hacked, even if that was a thing the team would have already had an alternate plan in place.

Adding to the dumbness, the "hacker" needs to be within ten feet of the head security guy for... reasons, but the rest of the team opposes the plan because she's "not a field agent". Uh, they are all in a foreign country operating from a van parked outside the resort. That's the field. If she was merely a computer tech she'd be at their headquarters since their concern seems to be her lack of field training, even though she's in the field.

It's a shame moronic garbage has become the norm.

This was a fun, high-energy, kinetic and well-executed movie.

No, the plot isn't water-tight, and no, the story isn't intricate, but it is entertaining.

Just like a James Bond movie it contains super-unbelievable technology, and quite a few "really?" moments. But it also has quite a few unexpected plot-twists, white-knuckle moments and some genuinely funny lines ("I believe she's ready for the field"). It also has quite a bit of heart and gets you involved in the characters (I really didn't want us to miss at least two of them).

The 1-3 star reviews just seem bonkers.

Go watch it with popcorn and enjoy!

I know this one has a low score right now, but honestly, I liked it. It's not my favourite spy thriller of all time or anything, but it's better than a lot of them.

It's not the smartest spy thriller, but by the same token, it's also not actively trying to outsmart the audience. There's twists, but they don't come out of nowhere and everything more or less makes sense given the general flow of the movie. I think this is probably going to end up being one of the more contentious points for this movie because people are probably expecting it to be like a James Bond movie, but this is one or two tiers down the intelligence totem pole.

The action scenes aren't the best ever made, and I wouldn't even argue they're the best action sequences in a movie this year. However, they're not bad, either. The tension is there, Gal Gadot's character never gets a free pass and has to struggle to win, and they all further the plot. So while the action scenes aren't exactly groundbreaking, they're also well constructed and well executed.

In terms of acting, this is probably the best dramatic performance Gal Gadot has ever given. While she's always been a better action actress than a dramatic one and probably always will be, I wouldn't be too surprised if this ends up being remembered as one of her better performances overall.

All in all, Heart of Stone is a good movie. Nothing about it is amazing, but it all gets a solid B. I think most of the people giving it a low score have set their expectations too high.

Barely 10 minutes passed, and I stopped counting the number of mistakes. Netflix keeps acquiring or producing stupid action movies, not sure why ! And having Gal Gadot didn't make it any better, in fact Gal was very annoying. The movie had too many elements from James Bond and Mission Impossible. Stupid story, silly dialogue, poor performance and lame action scenes. They had an Indian character, just to make it more diverse. The movie was so bad, that it took me 3 trials to be able to finish it. Please Netflix, stop making and producing bad movie, and just stick to making original tv shows and good documentaries.

I've no idea whats wrong with people and all the negative reviews here ... I thoroughly enjoyed watching this film. Like any self respecting modern day spy thriller it has all the essentials (MI6, Europeanfilming locations , car chases , trains ... etc etc) but isn't that to be expected? Sure no one is getting an Oscar here but neither is Tom Cruise for Mission Impossible. Gal looks stunning and caries this well.

Yes the whole Charter thing is a bit meh .... but the action alone makes you want to see it. Leave your brains behind and just watch it for what it is and now what others expected it to be.

Yes, this film is heavily flawed, especially in this genre's cliched-riddled writing department, but was it fun? Was is watchable? Were there impressive and expensive sets and locations? Did Wonder Woman's Gal Gadot deliver the high-octane convincing action? Absolutely yes to all. Especially when you consider the latest A-list female lead action films that have come out lately, such as The Mother with J-Lo, and Ghosted with Ana de Armas, that were all disappointing and cringeworthy flops.

And let's be honest, as cliched, generic and predictable as this was, it's not far off from the same tropes and use of "AI will rule the world in the wrong hands" theme in the latest Mission Impossible, of which was my least favorite of that franchise. Sure Tom Cruise did his own stunts jumping off a cliff on a motorcycle, so more props to him and less to Gadot for all her impressive action scenes that were stunt-doubles or computer generated - in the end, the wow factor is equally still there in the action department.

But both films suffered the same generic cliched writing, this one has just a little more cheese in it's dialogue and writing, but at least it didn't have a Part 2 cliffhanger. I gave M. I. an 8/10, and feel very comfortable giving this one with similar action and similar writing, but not as good directing a 7/10, mostly all going to Gadot for being the first female lead in this genre to convince me she needs to be in this franchise. Hopefully if there are more Stone films to come, there will be better filmmakers attached to them.

These days, I guess, everybody who wants a job in the movie industry gets one. No matter if your talents are rather dim and hardly detectable, the machine needs staff to produce stuff. The result of those movie mass production factories are movies like Heart of Stone: generic, lifeless, shallow and boring but it fills the back catalogue of those streaming services, but to be honest companies still producing movies for the cinema are many times not much better these days. Heart of Stone is not a movie to apply to the worst movie ever award but, well, if you are not on your trip to watch everything that features Gal Gadot, you will be most likely bored to death: a generic plot and characters and the mediocre action sequences will put your brain most likely in sleeping mode, but maybe your are just in need for that... Tiresome - no match for movies like Atomic Blond, Salt or Anna.

This is way better than Citadel the series. Every time I was ready to write this movie off, another excellent action sequence drew me back in. This stunt and production team deserve an award. Really fresh and realistic action. Never found myself rolling my eyes, saying 'as if'. They really sell it. Gal Gadot holds the movie together and moves convincingly. Dialogue is good but the script is weak. I immediately thought of Chris Hemsworths' Extraction 2, which is a modern action classic, for blowing my mind with camera and stunt work. Jamie Dornan is not as convincing as Gal, and kind of brings the movie down. Better than I thought it would be.

A computer called 'The Heart', an all seeing eye, a wonder of a thing high in the sky, can predict future events, wisdom, knowledge to dispense, alas there's one thing that it's failed to classify; as its intellect, its genius and its brain - has not considered that it's here to entertain, so it's patched and dialled out, a film with very little clout, leaving no pulse, no vital signs, although there's pain; so in the end, all that you'll do, is moan and groan, as it sinks like the proverbial thrown stone, with no moss for it to gather, it's just a rotten, rank cadaver, you'd be better off distracted by your phone.

I really enjoyed this fantasy thriller with it's excellent and likeable cast led by Wonder Woman Gal Gadot. I'm rather surprised by the low rating on here as I thought it was an entertaining two hours.

Action for most of the time is at break neck speed and the plot is relatively easy to follow. The actors can be heard for a change and lacks the current fashion for mumbling which I hate. I think it's better than the last Bond movie "No Time To Die" and miles ahead of "Wonder Woman 1984".

The cinematography is great and often panoramic. I'm no expert in the technology of modern movies but it looked just as good as any Marvel, Star Wars or other fantasy flick to me.

These films are mostly the same anyway, heroes and villains carrying out ridiculously impossible feats so just go along for the ride. The writing is not great but some jokey one liners have always been thrown in to these since the early Bond days.

Gal Gadot has the charisma to carry a film and I thought Jamie Dornan was quite good and less bland than he's been up to now. He's starting to look a bit like Colin Firth as he gets older.

A fun two hours well directed by Tom Harper I thought.

Maybe it's because of the image of Wonder Woman is still embedded within Gal Gadot, that I can't see her as anyone else. All I see in this movie is Diana King kicking asses and taking names. I half expected to see her jumped into a tower and knocked it down in this movie. Or just simply flipped a truck onto her enemies vehicles. Oh, well. Maybe I'm just still haven't recovered from Wonder Woman 1984. Still need to see her in more action. I guess this movie will have to do. But I'm rambling now, let's get back to reviewing this movie. It's your run of the mill action movie. Nothing new, except the main character isn't God-like. So it's more relatable to any normal human beings. For all action movie lovers, I tell you this : this is a must see!

Once you've seen the first 15 minutes, which are supposed to be the things that will fire you up for things to come, you know what awaits: cliche after cliche. You know exactly where we're going in every turn. It's like she's back at the Wonder Woman post, so magical and unbelievable are her situations / ability to save the world.

Plus the technology is out of this world. In a bad way. CGI is acceptable, but nothing they are using in terms of tech remotely exists. And there's always a "chance of success now for the whole mission sits at X%". Not even all the AI in the world could calculate that. I thought it was going to be a comedy, but it's serious.

The MI6 team formed by Parker (Jamie Dornan), Yang (Jing Lusi), Bailey (Paul Ready) and Rachel Stone (Gal Gadot) are chasing the dangerous arms dealer Mulvaney (Enzo Cilenti) in the Italian Alps. There is an incident with the Internet and Rachel, who is a hacker that works in the van to give support to the agents and not a field agent, needs to go inside the casino where Mulvaney is to access the security system. They intend to fake a heart attack in Mulvaney to extract him from his men, but things go wrong when the hacker Keya Dhawan (Alia Bhatt) infiltrates in their communication. Rachel Stone, who is secretly a Charter agent, helps Parker to be safe from Mulvany's men, and the dealer commits suicide with cyanide. Charter is an independent agency that has the powerful computer The Heart that is capable to hack any system and the agency keeps the world in balance with The Heart and their agents. Then the MI6 assign the team to go to Lisbon to capture Keya, but the team is attacked by several agents. Stone is forced to disclose her skills to save her friends when out of the blue, Parker kills Yang and Bailey. He drugs Rachel and tells that he wants The Heart, and she faints. Now she is recovered by the Charter with a Trojan implanted in her arm to access The Heart. Soon they learn the danger that Parker and Keya are to the Charter.

"Heart of Stone" is a spy movie that is a 007 wannabe with a powerful woman instead of a male agent in the lead role, presently the standard followed by Netflix. The screenplay is not good, and the plot begins without any explanation of what is the Charter or The Heart. The agency and the super-computer are developed later, but without explanation of how or by who the agency is maintained. The gorgeous Gal Gadot has good performance in the role of the agent Rachel Stone, but Keya Dhawan is a confused character. The villain Parker is also respectful, and the movie entertains in the end. My vote is six.

Title (Brazil): "Agente Stone" ("Stone Agent")

Boring....and Embarrassing

Ten minutes in and bored out of my Mind. The acting is atrocious and embarrassing.

One of the worst movies of 2023 if not the worst movie of the 2020s so far.

Caught it on netflix and wish I didn't start watching it, they're trying to pass Gal gadot off as a female James bond but it really doesn't work. The whole movie is insulting.......................................

My wife turned to me and asked me if I was watching this and I said are you? We both said it just feels so cheap. Shame really. What a waste of.money. Maybe use the money spent on this movie for something more productive like give it to families in need?

Most reviews make no sense. It's not a masterpiece, but then again, its not supposed to be. It's a decent action movie with good action scenes. Worth to watch if You're Looking for an action flick (much better than Jack Ryan, Salt - except for the fact that there is no Angelina on this one - some MI and even some bonds - die another day or a view to kill) to amuse and distract you. Gal Gadot is not bad in this movie, despite not being a great actress. Nice filming locations, land and air scenes, admittedly some clichés, but there's even a twist there (despite foreseable). Watch and don't mind the reviews and low score.