‘Dune: Prophecy’ review: Palace intrigue overtakes magic in fantasy series
Tabu makes her appearance in the fifth and sixth episodes of the first season that is out on JioCinema.
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Indian viewership of the futuristic fantasy drama Dune: Prophecy on JioCinema probably spiked in the fifth and sixth episodes. Our very own Tabu makes her international series debut with the HBO production – and she doesn’t disappoint.
Draped in the thick black robes and veils of the Sisterhood order to which she belongs, Tabu’s character Francesca soon reveals her intentions towards the interstellar Imperium’s Emperor Javier (Mark Strong). Tabu smoothly plays the seductive and enigmatic Francesca, whose affair with Javier has yielded Constantine (John Heuston), a son who is also a potential bargaining chip.
The Sisters possess a variety of skills, some particular, others shared. Francesca’s is imprinting – the ability to bend others to her will through subtle persuasion.
While Dune: Prophecy has a bunch of other interesting characters, the show is a mixed bag, relying greatly on prior knowledge of its source material. The six-episode first season is big on palace intrigue, playing out like a version of George RR Martin’s Game of Thrones but with sorceresses in the lead.
Martin’s fiction itself drew from Frank Herbert’s Dune novels. The Dune books were recently adapted by Denis Villeneuve for two films led by Timothee Chalamet.
Prophecy is specifically taken from Sisterhood of Dune, written by Frank Herbert’s son Brian Herbert and Kevin J Anderson. The...
