House Atreides has fallen. Duke Leto and his army has been betrayed by the Emperor and destroyed by the Harkonnens, and everyone assumes his son Paul and his mother Jessica died in a sandstorm on Arrakis. Can Paul lead the Fremen against his enemies, get revenge on the Harkonnens and the Emperor, and seize power? Does he even want that?
Dune: Part 2 picks up where the first Denis Villeneuve film left off, almost exactly, in the aftermath of the Harkonnen conquest. It picks up where the outstanding first film left off in other ways as well. The epic scale of the film, the seamless special effects, and the pounding soundtrack gives viewers not just a smart and dramatic story but a film that practically demands to be seen in the cinema. It also picks up the moody musings of the nature of power and cults that the first…
