![]() ![]() Good-hearted and bland, Philip is so nondescript you might not notice he’s played by a different actor from the first Maleficent. She’s engaged to Prince Philip (Harris Dickinson), of the neighbouring kingdom of Ulstead, whose kiss failed to break the curse and wake her last time around. Special effects bring the place to vivid life, with a carpet of flowers that glows with light, multicoloured butterflies filling the air and adorable little creatures including Pinto, a variation on a hedgehog. Plus, her name is synonymous with evil she really doesn't have much choice.Īurora is now Queen of the Moors, the enchanted forest where she and Maleficent, her godmother, live. But when that film earned more than $700m ($750m, £558m today) worldwide, it was goodbye to the happily-ever-after ending, and time to bring back her bad-fairy self. In the original, Maleficent grew to love Aurora (Elle Fanning), the sleeping-beauty princess she had once cursed. But as a fairy-tale action film, it is more colourful, energetic and absorbing than the first Maleficent. As a character piece, the sequel short-changes Angelina Jolie’s heroine/anti-heroine, of the glaring green contact lenses, black horns on her head and ultra-sharp prosthetic cheekbones. That is an actual line of dialogue from Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, a vibrant if scattershot sequel to the 2014 hit. ![]() It’s hard to keep up with Maleficent, but one thing is certain: when making plans to meet the future in-laws, no one wants to hear, “Maleficent is coming to dinner”. ![]()
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