Dune: Part Two, the highly anticipated film, set a new standard for movies after achieving the largest box office debut of 2024. The heart-pumping, action-packed film had audiences on the edge of their seats.
Based on Frank Herbert’s world-renowned series, the bar was set high for this film, especially after the success of Dune (2021). Director Denis Villeneuve split the first book into two separate films and took creative liberty in making Dune Part Two a continuation of the previous movie.
Following the story of Paul Atredies, this film focuses on the trials and tribulations he goes through as he navigates joining forces with the Fremen of the desert planet, Arrakis, in plans to take down House Harkonnen.
House Harkonnen destroyed House Atreides in the first movie, leaving Paul and his mother, Lady Jessica, without a faction, which is why they are so determined to take it down.
The first film displays Paul’s rise to leadership, but now that house Atredies has been destroyed, he has new responsibilities to look after, including Lady Jessica.
Lady Jessica is a product of the Bene Gesserit, a school that taught women to develop superhuman mental and physical abilities.
She faces the adversity that comes along with both being pregnant as well as being a product of such a taxing group and passes this struggle to Paul, making the Fremen believe he is untrustworthy.
There are rumors that Paul is the “Lisan Al Gaib” considered the “chosen one” after proving his skills throughout the desert and impressing the Fremen.
Some Fremen struggle with the idea that Atreides’ blood is the Lisan Al Giab. Paul faces off with Feyd Rautha, the most skilled swordsman in the universe to prove his skill and change of heart.
As fans were left with a cliffhanger wondering about the future for Paul, it is expected that fans will have to wait a couple of years until the next film of the trilogy, Dune: Messiah, is released.
Displaying some of Hollywood’s rising stars such as Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Austin Butler, and Florence Pugh, audiences were not disappointed with this film’s star-studded cast.
From some of the most impressive CGI that the film industry has seen yet, to an incredible portrayment of each character, it is safe to say this franchise is in good hands and has lived up to the essence of the books.
