At The Movies: Heart Of Stone is no female answer to James Bond, The Monkey King delivers formulaic fun

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At The Movies: Heart Of Stone is no female answer to James Bond, The Monkey King delivers formulaic fun
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Reviews of the Gal Gadot-starring spy flick and animated family adventure, both on Netflix. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The story: Gal Gadot plays Rachel Stone, a highly skilled wonder woman of a super spy on a global mission to protect a powerful digital device from falling into the wrong hands.

Stone is a member of The Charter, a secret international peacekeeping alliance modelled on the Impossible Mission Force where the British lady boss is cut from the same stern cloth as James Bond’s M .Her unit leader, played by Jamie Dornan, is very handsome. But Stone’s attention is fully on stopping Bollywood beauty Alia Bhatt in her Hollywood debut as a mysterious hacker who attacks The Charter’s network and destabilises the world by nicking a quantum computer.

Much less do they question the morality of omniscient technology – an all-too-real threat today – which might have given purpose to the daft story as Stone’s pursuit continues on to London, Iceland and the Sahara for more action stunts.92 minutes, premieres on Friday on NetflixThe story: Hong Kong superstar Stephen Chow executive produces the Monkey King’s animated quest for immortality, vanquishing gods, demons, dragons and his greatest adversary – his ego.

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