It genuinely angers me to think how much money was spent on this movie. Right from the start the pre credit set piece is lame and unengaging. It thinks it's Bond but it's more like a bad Alex Rider story . Dialogue is cringey, special effects are some of the worst you will see in recent times You won't care about any of the characters. Both protagonist and antagonists are one dimensional. Gadot is completely unconvincing as a secret agent despite her history in the action genre and her poor acting bring the rest of the cast down. The female antagonist is about as threatening as a call centre scammer. Jamie Dornan is instantly identified as the bad guy because why would he be in this movie playing 2nd fiddle on an Mi6 team so when the reveal happens quite early on that he's a baddie it has zero impact. Even the music in this movie sucked. The annoying theme music they play constantly any time Stone does anything remotely hi octane will get on your nerves repeatedly and it happens a lot. In case I'm not making myself clear here I hated this movie. It's offensively terrible and anyone reviewing this saying it's actually good obviously hates cinema or themselves
If films like Sharknado are the B movie equivalent of Jaws, Heart of Stone is this to James Bond. This feels less like a Netflix / Sundance production and more like a bad 6 part action drama you'd find on the British TV channel ITV.
I don't give 1 star reviews for movies as there is always something redeeming about a movie no matter how bad it is (usually music). In this case it's Paul Ready who I always watch baffled whenever I see him in acting roles as his portrayal of Kevin in Motherland is so bizarrely funny that it amazes me to see him doing anything else other than that character. Usually Sophie Okenedo would garner some stars but even she is awful in this movie playing a 3rd rate M character
For Paul it gets 3 Stars and that's me being very generous.
If films like Sharknado are the B movie equivalent of Jaws, Heart of Stone is this to James Bond. This feels less like a Netflix / Sundance production and more like a bad 6 part action drama you'd find on the British TV channel ITV.
I don't give 1 star reviews for movies as there is always something redeeming about a movie no matter how bad it is (usually music). In this case it's Paul Ready who I always watch baffled whenever I see him in acting roles as his portrayal of Kevin in Motherland is so bizarrely funny that it amazes me to see him doing anything else other than that character. Usually Sophie Okenedo would garner some stars but even she is awful in this movie playing a 3rd rate M character
For Paul it gets 3 Stars and that's me being very generous.