One of my favorite things about the formulaic but well-filmed and action-packed popcorn-movie Netflix spy thriller “Heart of Stone” is the way everyone spells things out for us, to the point where we almost expect certain characters to turn to the camera as if to say, You’ve seen this stuff before, but in case your mind is wandering between action sequences, here’s what’s going on right now …
Case in point: Some MI6 operatives are relaxing in a pub after their latest mission. Why don’t we meet the team? Jamie Dornan is Parker, the dashing leader of the team, an experienced field operative; Paul Ready is the warm and wisecracking Max, the driver who speaks with great fondness of his cat; Jing Lusi is Theresa Yang, a skilled sharpshooter, and our star of the movie, Gal Gadot, is Rachel Stone, a tech whiz and the inexperienced rookie of the squad, who is told to “stay in the van” when all hell breaks loose.
