Dune: Part Two is now playing in some locations ahead of its global release tomorrow, and we're breaking down some of the biggest moments from Denis Villeneuve's critically-acclaimed sci-fi sequel, including the final battle.
If you've read the book, this obviously won't apply to you, but everyone else should be aware of major spoilers from this point on.
Towards the end of Part Two, Paul Atreides drinks a substance known as the Water of Life, which greatly enhances his prescient abilities and gives him the "gift" of full foresight. "Muad'Dib" does this because he believes accepting his prophesized destiny as both the Fremen messiah and the Bene Gesserit's Kwisatz Haderach is the only path to victory - even though he knows it will also lead to a catastrophic holy war in his name.
The Fremen do indeed manage to prevail, and Paul kills the Baron Harkonnen - who is revealed to be Jessica's father, his grandfather - before facing Feyd-Rautha in a closely matched knife fight. Paul is badly wounded, but ultimately dispatches his enemy and tells Emperor Shaddam Corrino IV that he will take the hand of his daughter, Princess Irulan, and rule alongside her as the new Emperor.
Paul then orders his people to attack the envoys of the universe's great houses who have assembled over Arrakis, thus beginning his holy Jihad.
The movie ends with a devastated Chani walking away from Paul and setting a thumper in the sand to call a worm. Her fate is left ambiguous, but the fact that she had her grappling hooks at hand would seem to suggest that she wasn't planning on ending her life.
If Villeneuve does return to helm a third film, we would assume it will pick up a few years later.
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"Those hoping for blockbuster escapism might find themselves shook by this faithful, at times borderline depressing adaptation," we said in our review. "But Dune Part Two is Sci-fi spectacle at its finest and most audacious, as Villeneuve builds-upon and possibly surpasses (opinions will vary) his previous film with aplomb."
The saga continues as award-winning filmmaker Denis Villeneuve embarks on Dune: Part Two, the next chapter of Frank Herbert’s celebrated novel Dune, with an expanded all-star international ensemble cast. The film, from Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures, is the highly anticipated follow-up to 2021’s six-time Academy Award-winning Dune.
The big-screen epic continues the adaptation of Frank Herbert’s acclaimed bestseller Dune with returning and new stars, including Oscar nominee Timothée Chalamet (Wonka, Call Me by Your Name), Zendaya (Spider-Man: No Way Home, Malcolm & Marie, Euphoria), Rebecca Ferguson (Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning), Oscar nominee Josh Brolin (Avengers: Endgame, Milk), Oscar nominee Austin Butler (Elvis, Once Upon A Time…In Hollywood), Oscar nominee Florence Pugh (Black Widow, Little Women), Dave Bautista (Guardians of the Galaxy, Thor: Love and Thunder), Oscar winner Christopher Walken (The Deer Hunter,), Stephen McKinley Henderson (Fences), Léa Seydoux (James Bond, Crimes of the Future), with Stellan Skarsgård (Avengers: Age of Ultron), Oscar nominee Charlotte Rampling (45 Years, Assassin’s Creed), and Oscar winner Javier Bardem (No Country for Old Men, Being the Ricardos).
Dune: Part Two will explore the mythic journey of Paul Atreides as he unites with Chani and the Fremen while on a warpath of revenge against the conspirators who destroyed his family. Facing a choice between the love of his life and the fate of the known universe, he endeavors to prevent a terrible future only he can foresee.