Heart of Stone movie storyline. In the Italian Alps at an ultra-exclusive ski resort that doubles as a casino, MI6 field agents Parker, Yang, and Bailey, supported by technician Rachel Stone, are tasked with extracting Mulvaney, an arms dealer who is there gambling on an actual in-session U.S. Marines combat operation being livestreamed. The mission quagmires when Yang is caught trying to sedate Mulvaney, prompting a gunfight. Parker manages to extract Mulvaney to a cable car, but the rest of the team sees Mulvaney’s men beginning to assemble at the bottom of the mountain for an ambush.
Stone feigns injury to allow contact with The Charter, her true employer, an agency dedicated to peacekeeping, working beyond the realms of government, and operating in absolute secrecy. It uses “The Heart,” a predictive AI quantum computer capable of hacking into any digital device, to guide all operations. Stone, codenamed “Nine of Hearts,” is an acclaimed field agent.
Realizing that MI6 can’t save Parker in time, Stone works with her operational contact, “Jack of Hearts,” to save him. Despite her success, the mission fails when Mulvaney takes cyanide and dies. Back in London, Stone is reprimanded for nearly blowing her cover by Nomad, her Charter superior.
Concerned by the presence of a hacker she saw in the Alps, Stone breaks into Parker’s family residence, uses his computer to identifies her as Keya Dhawan, an orphan with links to Indian criminal syndicates. MI6 sends the team to track Keya down in Lisbon, with Stone still undercover. Upon arrival, they are ambushed by a squad of mercenaries. Jack orders Stone to evacuate, but she refuses, going back to save the team at the expense of her cover. After they escape, Stone reveals she is a Charter agent.
Parker murders Yang and Bailey, revealing himself as a double agent working with Keya. He admits to covertly murdering Mulvaney as part of his overall mission to find The Heart. Parker paralyzes Stone with poison before implanting a device within her to act as a trojan horse to infiltrate Charter systems. When Stone is recovered and taken to Charter HQ, the device begins breaching security. Stone manages to rip out the device, stopping the hack. However, because of the circumstances, Nomad suspends Stone from duty.
Nomad, one of four “Kings” who lead The Charter, meets with the other three Kings to discuss Parker, who is seeking revenge because of an MI6 operation in Chechnya eight years prior, where he was inadvertently left for dead after Charter destroyed a weapons cache. Having learned from the hack that the Heart’s command system is located in an airship high above western Africa, Parker and Keya fly to the ship. Stone intercepts them, but is unable to stop them from seizing control of The Heart and imploding the ship, jumping off at the last second and getting ahold of the rope they’re on from a helicopter, with Keya on the lower end.
Heart of Stone is a 2023 American spy action thriller film directed by Tom Harper from a screenplay by Greg Rucka and Allison Schroeder and a story by Rucka. The film stars Gal Gadot, Jamie Dornan, Alia Bhatt, Sophie Okonedo, and Matthias Schweighöfer. Its plot follows an international intelligence operative who must embark on a dangerous mission to protect a mysterious artificial intelligence system known as “The Heart.” She is tasked by the peacekeeping operation known as Charter to keep the object safe from falling into enemy hands.
Development began in December 2020, when Gadot signed on to star. Harper and Netflix were confirmed to serve as director and distributor respectively the following month, with the rest of the cast being confirmed in early 2022. Filming took place in Europe from January to July of that year. Heart of Stone was released on August 11, 2023, by Netflix.
It was announced in December 2020 that Gal Gadot had signed on to star in the film, which is planned to be the beginning of a franchise in a similar vein to the Mission: Impossible franchise. Tom Harper was in negotiations to direct.[4] The story was conceived by Greg Rucka,[3] and the script was written by him and Allison Schroeder.[5] Harper was confirmed in January 2021, with Netflix acquiring the distribution rights to the film.[6] In February 2022, Jamie Dornan was cast to star alongside Gadot.[7] In March, Alia Bhatt, Sophie Okonedo, Matthias Schweighöfer, Jing Lusi and Paul Ready were added to the cast.[8][9]
Principal photography began in the Alpin Arena Schnals (South Tyrol) on January 26, 2022, following in London on March 8, 2022. The second schedule of filming then took place in Reykjavík, Iceland the following month, after which production moved back to London in May, for the succeeding schedule. The fourth schedule took place in Lisbon, Portugal. Filming wrapped on July 28, 2022.
Heart of Stone (2023)
Directed by: Tom Harper
Starring: Gal Gadot, Jamie Dornan, Alia Bhatt, Sophie Okonedo, Matthias Schweighöfer, Paul Ready, Jing Lusi, Archie Madekwe, Enzo Cilenti, Jon Kortajarena, Glenn Close, Mark Ivanir
Screenplay by: Greg Rucka, Allison Schroeder
Production Design by: Charles Wood
Cinematography by: George Steel
Film Editing by: Mark Eckersley
Costume Design by: Julian Day
Set Decoration by: John Bush, Tonja Schurmann
Art Direction by: David Allday, Thomas Brown, Jamie Burrows
Music by: Steven Price
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for sequences of violence and action, and some language.
Distributed by: Netflix
Release Date: August 11, 2023
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