Dune: Part Two

"Denis Villeneuve’s Epic Follow-Up (...) [It] graduates from the world-building thrills of the 2021 original to a meaty, all-encompassing narrative" 

"[It] maintains the grandiose visual style introduced in 'Dune' (...) Part Two is plagued by a nagging shallowness when it comes to portraying the Fremen (...) the film has difficulty fully embracing the nuance of Herbert’s anti-imperial and ecologically dystopian text." 

"[It] rights the cosmic battleship with plenty of staggering visuals, all the gigantic sandworms you’d ever want, plus a deeper thematic exploration of power, colonialism and religion (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)" 

"A sci-fi triumph that’s better than the first (...) Captivating and complex (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)" 

"Villeneuve has made a serious, stately opus, and while he doesn’t have a pop bone in his body, he knows how to put on a show as he fans a timely argument about who gets to play the hero now" 

"[It] dazzles visually but moves like it’s walking in sand" 

"Villeneuve has outdone himself. More importantly, he’s done justice to the scope and scale and sheer weirdness of a stoner-lit touchstone’s back half without, pun intended, sanding away its edges"