Set nearly two decades after Breaking Dawn, the film finds Bella (Kristen Stewart) and Edward (Robert Pattinson) living in quiet isolation, raising their half-human, half-vampire daughter, Renesmee — now played by breakout star Sadie Sink — who begins to question everything about her identity, her abilities, and the hidden history of the Volturi.

When a mysterious series of disappearances leads the Cullens to a secret coven of vampires in Eastern Europe—who claim to be immune to sunlight and drink only the blood of ancient bloodlines—a new war brews beneath the surface. And at its center: Renesmee. Will she be a savior…or a threat to both worlds?

Taylor Lautner returns as Jacob Black, now the leader of a larger wolf pack: older, wiser, and with a complex past with Renesmee, which the film explores with boldness, maturity, and sensitivity. Their bond, once simple and protective, becomes a reflection of choice against fate, and Lautner delivers his strongest performance in the franchise to date.

Director Olivia Wilde infuses the series with a fresh visual energy and heightened storytelling, imbuing the Pacific Northwest wilderness with a haunting majesty and the European sequences with a gothic grandeur. The action is more visceral, the stakes are higher, and the romance is more bittersweet than ever.

And yes, the soundtrack is back and better than ever. Artists like Hozier, Florence + The Machine, and Billie Eilish combine indie melancholy with otherworldly beauty in a soundtrack that hurts as much as it moves.

Set nearly two decades after Breaking Dawn, the film finds Bella (Kristen Stewart) and Edward (Robert Pattinson) living in quiet isolation, raising their half-human, half-vampire daughter, Renesmee — now played by breakout star Sadie Sink — who begins to question everything about her identity, her abilities, and the hidden history of the Volturi.

When a mysterious series of disappearances leads the Cullens to a secret coven of vampires in Eastern Europe—who claim to be immune to sunlight and drink only the blood of ancient bloodlines—a new war brews beneath the surface. And at its center: Renesmee. Will she be a savior…or a threat to both worlds?

Taylor Lautner returns as Jacob Black, now the leader of a larger wolf pack: older, wiser, and with a complex past with Renesmee, which the film explores with boldness, maturity, and sensitivity. Their bond, once simple and protective, becomes a reflection of choice against fate, and Lautner delivers his strongest performance in the franchise to date.

Director Olivia Wilde infuses the series with a fresh visual energy and heightened storytelling, imbuing the Pacific Northwest wilderness with a haunting majesty and the European sequences with a gothic grandeur. The action is more visceral, the stakes are higher, and the romance is more bittersweet than ever.

And yes, the soundtrack is back and better than ever. Artists like Hozier, Florence + The Machine, and Billie Eilish combine indie melancholy with otherworldly beauty in a soundtrack that hurts as much as it moves.