![]() ![]() We eventually discover that Keya works for yet another group that is determined to somehow steal the Heart from the Charter and use it for its own purposes. But this particular mission does not end as desired because of the distracting presence of a woman named Keya (Alia Bhatt), who lets it be known that she knows who Rachel truly is. ![]() It’s not only Rachel’s job to make sure the original mission goes right, but also to keep her identity a secret from her other team members (who include Jamie Dornan as Parker, Jing Lusi as Yang, and Paul Ready as Bailey). Being slightly down the call sheet, Rachel is the Nine of Hearts, with Nomad as the King of Hearts. The Charter is organized by card suits, with the Kings of each one being the head of their respective teams. Her handler is called Nomad (Sophie Okonedo), while the guy operating the Heart is known only as the Jack of Hearts (Matthias Schweighöfer). It turns out she is only posing as a woman-in-the-chair while she actually works for a shadow organization known as The Charter, which uses an advanced AI called the Heart to not just track bad guys but anticipate their moves and capture them without failure when organizations like the CIA or MI6 let someone slip through. The moment is scary but thrilling for her, but we soon find out that it might not be the first time Rachel has seen some action. Directed by Tom Harper ( Wild Rose, The Aeronauts), the film centers on intelligence operative Rachel Stone (Gadot), whose team opens the film with a mission that requires Rachel to actually leave the relative safety of the surveillance van and do a little field work to make sure the target doesn’t get away. ![]() I mention all of this to say that her work in the new film Heart of Stone doesn’t help make the case for her being an accomplished actor or even a captivating presence on screen. It’s just a tougher thing to gauge in action-oriented movies. Gal Gadot has absolutely proven she can play Wonder Woman across multiple films (including cameos in two other DC films this year), but I’m still not sure she’s proven herself as an actual actor-and I’m not saying that to be harsh. ![]()
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