"Dune: Part Two" is the best sci-fi epic of the century

"Dune: Part One" was, in many ways, the antiblockbuster. It’s a movie that began at the end — at the end of a centuries long secret battle between noble houses we only see glimpses of and amid a sea of change that we can’t even begin to understand. There was no emotional anchor because most of the characters were doomed from the moment we met them and no catharsis because the story wasn’t really over. It’s an incredibly ballsy way to start a sci-fi franchise, and "Dune: Part Two", Denis Villeneuve’s electrifying, stupendously action-packed sequel, is no less bold. But while it would be easy (and cliche) to say that "Dune: Part Two" delivers on everything the first film built up — and more! — the film is more than the sum of its jaw-dropping spectacle and rousing battle scenes. READ MORE FROM INVERSE