![]() The tough-talking King of Hearts known as Nomad ( Sophie Okonedo) is the principal figure here, but strategic appearances are made also by her three counterparts: Chinese cyber-intelligence ace Clubs (BD Wong), erstwhile Russian security force commander Spades (Mark Ivanir) and ex-CIA deputy director Diamonds, played by a venerable A-lister in a surprise two-scene cameo, with a silver asymmetrical bob that makes her look like an Otto Dix portrait of the Swing Out Sister vocalist. Pushing the scenario further into arch spy intrigue, the group is headed by four “Kings,” each of them designated by a different playing card suit. If you’re wondering who came up with the unlikely nonsense of a network of anonymous do-gooders, thwarting world conflicts and saving maximum lives while taking no credit, that would be screenwriters Greg Rucka (who penned one of the better Netflix action thrillers, The Old Guard) and Allison Schroeder (lead writer on the rock-solid crowd-pleaser Hidden Figures). Frustrated with their various governments’ by-the-book methods, they have banded together, using sophisticated technology to neutralize global threats. The Heart is the key asset of the Charter, an underground peacekeeping organization made up of highly trained former intel operatives. He’s like Steve Kornacki with a cutting-edge equipment upgrade. It’s operated from a central hub by a jocular techie code-named Jack of Hearts ( Matthias Schweighöfer), who has one of those movie jobs where he stands around swiping the air and conjuring detailed hologram representations of all kinds of video and data, including exactingly calibrated statistical chances of success or failure on any given mission. ![]() In Heart of Stone, that all-powerful cyber tool is called “The Heart,” capable of hacking any network in the world, manipulating technology, sabotaging any system, even downing planes. ![]() Screenwriters: Greg Rucka, Allison Schroeder Cast: Gal Gadot, Jamie Dornan, Alia Bhatt, Sophie Okonedo, Matthias Schweighöfer, Paul Ready, Jing Lusi, Archie Madekwe, Enzo Cilenti, Jon Kortajarena ![]()
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