Streaam
Dune Part Two Movie Review
Princess Irulan Corrino secretly journals that Paul Atreides may still be alive, while her father, Emperor Shaddam IV, is dispirited after promoting the fall of House Atreides. En route to Sietch Tabr on Arrakis, Stilgar's Fremen troops, including Paul and Lady Jessica, overcome a Harkonnen ambush. At the Sietch, suspicions arise about Jessica and Paul being spies, though some Fremen have faith in them, believing in the prophecy of a mother and son bringing prosperity to Arrakis.
Stilgar informs Jessica their Reverend Mother is dying, convincing Jessica to replace her by drinking the "Water of Life", a poison fatal for males and the untrained. She transmutes the poison and by doing so, survives and inherits the memories of every female ancestor in her lineage. Unbeknownst to anyone but her and Paul, Jessica is pregnant; the Water of Life prematurely awakens her daughter's mind. Following this, Jessica has spiritual conversations with Alia in her womb, believing that those in Northern Arrakis must be convinced first of the prophecy, starting with the weak-minded. Chani and her friend Shishakli believe the prophecy is false, but when Paul makes a speech about not seeking power and wanting only to fight alongside them, Chani develops respect for him.
Paul embraces Fremen ways and learns their language, passing tests like riding a sandworm. He forms a romantic relationship with Chani, becomes a Fedaykin fighter, and assists raids on Harkonnen spice harvesters, earning the Fremen names "Muad'Dib" and "Usul". Baron Vladimir Harkonnen demotes his nephew Glossu Rabban, whose grip on spice production has been slipping, and instead makes his psychotic, murderous younger nephew Feyd-Rautha Arrakis' new ruler. Margot Fenring, a Bene Gesserit sent by Reverend Mother Gaius Mohiam, seduces Feyd to secure his genes should Paul’s bloodline be unsalvageable.
Jessica completes her religious quest in the North before travelling South to unite with Fremen fundamentalists. However, Paul fears his visions of a holy war which will ignite if he proceeds South as a messiah. Remaining in the North, he reunites with Gurney Halleck, who joined spice-smugglers after the Atreides' downfall and leads Paul to House Atreides' atomic stockpile. Feyd's troops attack Sietch Tabr, killing Shishakli and forcing the survivors, including Paul, to journey South, where Jessica learns that the Water of Life is a liquid excreted by adolescent sandworms once drowned. Despite it being against Chani's wishes, Paul consumes the Water of Life; he falls into a coma but is reawakened by Chani with a clearer sense of the past and future, seeing a vision of Alia and realizing the Baron is his grandfather.
Southern Fremen leaders hope for Paul to challenge Stilgar for leadership, but Paul refuses, instead proving himself by reading the minds of Fremen. Finally accepting the prophecy, Paul declares himself the Lisan al Gaib and assumes full power over the Fremen. He challenges Shaddam, who arrives on Arrakis with Irulan, Mohiam, and his Sardaukar troops.
At Shaddam's staging ground, he chastises House Harkonnen for their failure to end the Fremen threat; Paul's forces surround and attack the staging ground. Riding sandworms, the Fremen overpower Sardaukar forces and breach the defenses. Paul enters the throne room, kills the Baron, and orders Shaddam and others to be transported to the planet's capital city. As Paul challenges Shaddam for the throne, the Great Houses arrive in orbit. Paul threatens to destroy the planet's spice fields with the Atreides' atomics if they intervene.
Paul challenges Shaddam to a duel, who chooses Feyd-Rautha as his champion. Paul kills Feyd-Rautha. Irulan consents to marry Paul on condition that her father lives, while Shaddam gives in to Paul's ultimatum, kneeling before his signet ring. Above Arrakis, the Great Houses refuse to accept Paul's ascendancy. Paul orders his Fremen army to attack the orbiting fleet, bidding them to send the Great Houses "to paradise." Jessica and Alia reflect that this is the beginning of Muad'Dib's holy war, while Chani refuses to take part in the war and bow to Paul, and flees on a sandworm, choosing to remain on Arrakis.
