Dune Part Two is a potent warning against the misuse of religion

Those who dismiss the Dune series as being anti-religious are not looking close enough, says Giles Gough. The epic saga is a lesson in how not to abuse faith and power

After years of waiting, the anticipation in the run up to the release of Dune: Part Two was palpable. Further delayed for five months due to the actors’ strike, at one point, it seemed that there was no guarantee the film would ever see the light of day.

Unlike other sci-fi epics, the Dune saga was not filmed back-to-back, so the second instalment was entirely dependent on the box office success of the first. So if you watched Dune: Part One in the cinema, congratulations, the existence of this film is, in part, down to you.