On the distant planet of Arrakis, a battle for the mythical substance Spice is fought between the Houses Atreides and Harkonnen. It will lead to great things for young Paul Atreides (Kyle MacLachlan).
Features giant sandworms and a shiny Sting in space knickers.

Compared to Villeneuve's later version this takes a fair bit of liberty, both for technical reasons and to squeeze the plot into one film. Lynch's characteristic style is very muted here but the mixture of all the elements and limitations still make this a worthwhile piece of Euro-Space-Opera.