Reviews

Yes, the scenes in the desert and the black and white Harkonnen home planet are visually brilliant. You can't criticize the fantastic camera work. And Zendaya also does a very good job.

BUT: The story of the outcast prince, who rises like a phoenix from the ashes and becomes the new ruler in a very short time, could also come from a Stallone film from the 1980s. And I have little sympathy for a main character, who uses, or rather abuses, mythology and religion for his rise.

In contrast, we are presented with the clumsiest villains in film history. Ugly, infinitely evil, sexually perverted. Is that really serious? A good villain should have motivation that is understandable to the viewer.

The score is incredibly intrusive. Sometimes you sense a few seconds earlier that a roaring and pounding noise is about to flood the cinema. This is too much.

The film actually has an excellent cast. However, Christopher Walken seems like a foreign body and doesn't take place even when he fills the entire screen.

This could be so much better.

The film shows the artist milieu of the Prenzlauer Berg district in what was then East Berlin. The singer Sunny dreams of a great artistic breakthrough. But the reality of her life in a desolate rear building in Berlin is incredibly sad, her band's performances in the provinces are disappointing, her fellow musicians are dull and often drunk and her male acquaintances are sometimes violent. It's a miracle that Sunny doesn't lose her will to face life under this circumstances. The film develops the story slowly and carefully. But the atmosphere is dense and it's fun to watch the actors doing it.