Heart of Stone is a 2023 Netflix spy action thriller starring Gal Gadot as Rachel Stone, an operative for a secretive global peacekeeping agency called the Charter. She races to stop a hacker and a traitor from stealing and misusing the agency's powerful AI system known as The Heart, which guides missions to maximize lives saved. The film delivers standard globe-trotting action, twists, and light AI ethics without prominent identity-driven messaging, girlboss lectures, or political framing that stands out to viewers.
Community feedback
Was our 32% Woke rating accurate?
Loading review details…
Breakdown
These are the editorial factors and ratings behind our score for Heart of Stone.
Woke representation / casting
International cast with women and non-white actors (Indian hacker, black leader, East Asian agent) in prominent tech and leadership roles fits the global agency premise; no marketing emphasis on quotas, identity signaling, or mismatches with story logic.
32%
Woke political dialogue
Sparse dialogue on trust, betrayal, and power; one minor noted line critiquing "men like you" in viewer commentary, but nothing explicit, activist, or central to the narrative.
Production
22%
Identity-driven story themes
Core story is espionage thriller about loyalty, AI misuse for greed versus peacekeeping, and redemption; no race, gender, sexuality, or identity-based plotlines or arcs.
8%
Western institutional / cultural critique
Portrays borderless surveillance agency using AI positively for "maximizing lives saved" without questioning interventionism or linking it to anti-Western, anti-capitalist, or patriarchal critiques.
15%
Woke character or canon changes
Not relevant. Fully original story with no changes to established characters, canon, source material, or historical figures.
0%
Anti-woke backlash and complaints
Very limited scattered comments on female-led action or diverse cast; no organized right-leaning complaints accusing the film of DEI messaging, identity politics, or propaganda. Most feedback targets generic plotting.
8%
Creator track record context
Allison Schroeder's Hidden Figures centers identity and systemic barriers; Greg Rucka has written feminist-leaning and inclusive female characters in comics; director Tom Harper and most producers show no activist patterns.
25%
Movie · 2026
As rival gangs, corrupt officials and a ruthless Major Iqbal close in, Hamza's mission for his country spirals into a bloody personal war where the line between patriot and…
Movie · 2025
Newly released from prison and marked for death by unrelenting enemies, Nate must now protect his estranged 9-year-old daughter, Polly, at all costs.
Movie · 2017
A getaway driver for a bank robbery realizes he has been double crossed and races to find out who betrayed him.
Movie · 2026
After a criminal network kidnaps Wang Wei's daughter and the corrupt police refuse to assist him, Wei sets out on his own to locate her.
Movie · 2017
When a mysterious woman seduces Dom into the world of crime and a betrayal of those closest to him, the crew face trials that will test them as never before.
Movie · 2026
In 1970s Detroit, John Miller falls for a local gangster's girl and lands in prison for a crime he didn't commit.
Movie · 2008
Batman raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lt. Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations…
Movie · 2023
A sheriff tries to keep the peace when a desperate family man violently robs a pill mill with his brother-in-law, alerting an enforcer for the New Orleans mafia.
