The worst movie on Netflix you have to see
You know how some movies make no sense, say nothing new, and still manage to hold your attention like a shiny, malfunctioning toy? That is Heart of Stone. The billion-dollar baby of Netflix that wanted to be sleek and cinematic but turned out to be a spectacular masterclass in how to waste a perfectly good cast and a global budget.
Starring Gal Gadot as Rachel Stone, a super spy with the personality of a kitchen appliance, Heart of Stone was supposed to launch Netflix’s own action franchise. The mission? Give the world a badass female-led thriller. The result? A stiff, soulless plot stitched together with recycled tropes, meaningless exposition, and characters you forget mid-scene.
Let us talk about Rachel. She works for a shadowy peacekeeping organisation powered by an all-knowing AI called “The Heart”. It basically predicts global chaos like a moody horoscope app. Gadot’s performance feels like someone uploaded charisma into a flash drive, and it failed to load. She looks the part, sure. But there is not a single moment in the film where you feel like she is genuinely reacting to the stakes. She jumps out of planes, dodges bullets, and cracks firewalls, all with the same mildly bored expression. And then there is Alia Bhatt.
If there was ever a debut to forget, this is it. Alia plays Keya Dhawan, a genius hacker whose entire character feels like it was generated by ChatGPT on a low battery. Flat lines, blank expressions, and nothing even remotely memorable. You almost forget she is in the film. She deserved better. Or maybe we did. Either way, her performance is a total non-event, not even bad enough to be fun. But the real villain here is the script.
There is no real emotional core. Every plot twist is either laughably predictable or aggressively dumb. The Heart, this all-seeing, all-powerful AI, is never explained beyond vague tech babble. At one point, it feels like the characters themselves have no idea what they are chasing. We are just expected to believe that this shiny MacGuffin can stop wars, control governments, and maybe pick a Spotify playlist. Who knows?
What makes it worse is the cast. With names like Gal Gadot, Jamie Dornan, Sophie Okonedo, and yes, Alia Bhatt, this should have been a hit. These are big names, familiar faces, and actors who have carried entire films. And still, together, they create something so hollow that it is actually baffling. The film looks expensive but feels like an empty shell. And yet… you watch.
Because it is so big. So loud. So dramatically empty that it becomes hypnotic. The action sequences are well-staged but feel disconnected from reality. Things blow up, people fall from helicopters, entire cities are threatened, and still, it feels like nothing is actually happening.
Heart of Stone is the kind of movie you put on when you want background noise but accidentally get pulled into a fever dream. You keep watching because you are convinced it has to go somewhere. It never does. But you are already too far in. And that is exactly why it fits the title: The worst movie on Netflix you have to see.
Because deep down, we all love a little disaster cinema. We love watching something ambitious fall flat. We love hate-watching movies that try to say something deep and end up sounding like a LinkedIn post. We love chaos. And Heart of Stone is pure, polished, algorithm-fed chaos.
So go ahead. Stream it. Roll your eyes. Question your taste. Complain about it to a friend. Then watch them go, “Wait, I need to see this train wreck too.”
Netflix wins again. Sort of.