Director: Denis Villeneuve
Genre: Science
Fiction/ Drama/ Action/ Adventure
Runtime: 166
minutes
Year:
2024
Starring: Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Josh Brolin, Austin Butler,
Javier Bardem, Christopher Walken, Florence Pugh, Dave Bautista, Stellan Skarsgård, Charlotte Rampling, Léa Seydoux
Description: Paul
Atreides (Timothée Chalamet) unites with Chani (Zendaya) and the Fremen while seeking
revenge against the conspirators who destroyed his family.
Review: It’s finally here: Denis Villeneuve’s long-awaited second part of his
epic film adaptation of Frank Herbert’s sci-fi novel. “Dune: Part Two” offers
an engaging, lucid and spectacular continuation of the story and tells
interesting things about myths, colonialism, ecology, religion and fate. But it
impresses above all with its great visuals.
It is a sequel, because it’s
the second film, but they are not two separate films. They form a whole and one
can not be viewed without the other. Part two picks up when Paul Atreides and
his mother Lady Jessica have been taken in by the Fremen, the indigenous people
of sand planet Arrakis. What follows is the evolution of Duke’s chils Paul into
Maud-Dib, or Lisan al-Gaib. An evolution with extreme consequences.
Villeneuve has focused on
the development of Paul, who brings together moderates and fanatics and struggles
with his identity. The film has a geopolitical and (post-) colonial layer, with
Arrakis as the oil-rich Middle Each, House Atreides as the more progressive
Europe, House Harkonnen as representatives of the nihilistic dictatorships
pursuing unscrupulous colonial policies and the emperor as the puppeteer.
I was very impressed by
Austin Butler, who is a new character and the villain Feyd-Rautha of this
second part. Timothée Chalamet manages again to proof that he can easily lead a
big film. And Rebecca Ferguson, as Lady Jessica, really showed a nice
transformation of her character.
The camerawork is mesmerizing,
the way these amazing action scenes were shot.
I already loved the first
film, but “Dune: Part Two” is even slightly better. It’s a true epic sci-fi
saga, with a complex world with equally complex characters. I just can’t wait
for this saga to continue.
Rating: 5/ 5