Let’s briefly recap how “Dune: Half One” introduces the characters and units the stage for Denis Villeneuve’s magnificent second installment in his cinematic world. “Dune: Half One” opens within the midst of a geopolitical shift as Arrakis modifications fingers from Home Harkonnen to Home Atreides, two of the mighty households of the Galactic Padishah Empire.
Paul (Timothée Chalamet), the inheritor of Home Atreides, takes heart stage as his household assumes management of Arrakis, which is thought for its deserts and the uncommon substance referred to as spice that it comprises. We study that spice is each a well-liked psychotropic substance and a key instrument in interstellar journey. Paul’s mom, Woman Jessica (Rebecca Ferguson), can also be revealed to be a member of the Bene Gesserit order, and we start to see how that all-female secret society is setting the stage for a messianic determine to stand up and shake the foundations of the empire.
As soon as on Arrakis, the Atreides uncover that they’ve been set as much as fail. The pinnacle of the household, Duke Leto (Oscar Isaac), is betrayed, and his counterpart, Baron Vladimir Harkonnen (Stellan Skarsgård), recaptures Arrakis with the assistance of the Emperor’s Sardaukar troopers. By the point the sand settles, Home Atreides and its followers are all however worn out, and the Harkonnens have resumed their place on Arrakis. Paul and Jessica survive within the desert, the place they ally with the indigenous Fremen inhabitants, setting the stage for the second half of the story.