Story
Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 opens where Part 1 ends. Bella (Kristen Stewart) wakes up, eager to see her newborn daughter, Renesmee (Mackenzie Foy). Bella meets her daughter but is dismayed to learn that her close friend and werewolf Jacob Black (Taylor Lautner) has imprinted on Renesmee.
Renesmee grows at a superhuman rate, aging seven years in a matter of weeks. Life for Bella, Edward (Robert Pattinson) and Renesmee is seemingly perfect until a disgruntled vampire from another coven sees Renesmee and mistakes her for an ‘immortal child’, a threat to the power and existence of the Volturi.
Alice Cullen (Elizabeth Reaser) has a prophetic vision. It shows that the Volturi Guard, led by vampire king Aro (Michael Sheen), is coming to kill Renesmee and wipe out the Cullens. In a bid to stop Aro and the Volturi Guard, Bella, Edward and the Cullens seek out the assistance of vampires around the world.
Themes
The supernatural; vampires and werewolves; revenge
Violence
Breaking Dawn Part 2 contains brutal violence throughout. Although blood and gore are kept to a minimum, there are some disturbing images. For example:
Sexual references
This movie has some sexual references. For example:
- After having sex, Bella tells Edward, ‘You really were holding back. She is talking about the time when Bella was still human. Bella also says, ‘I can’t get enough’, and ‘How are we going to stop?’
- A man talks about Bella and Edward’s passionate and lengthy love-making. He asks whether they’re finished and whether they broke a lot of stuff. There are other references to Alice and Jasper (a vampire couple), who took a decade to stop their initial love-making sessions.
Alcohol, drugs and other substances
This movie shows some use of substances. For example, Bella’s father drinks beer.
Nudity and sexual activity
This movie has a couple of scenes that show sexual activity and partial nudity. For example:
- Jacob takes off his clothes down to his underwear so that he can turn into a werewolf.
- Bella and Edward are naked from the waist up, standing side-on to the camera. The scene shows Edward’s naked torso and a partial side-on image of Bella’s breast, tummy and shoulders. The scene ends with the pair embracing.
- Edward kisses Bella passionately on the neck, and Bella throws Edward onto a bed. Bella straddles Edward, and he tears open the back of her top, exposing her lower back. They kiss passionately.
Product placement
Volvo cars are displayed or used in this movie.
Coarse language
This movie has some occasional low-level coarse language and name-calling.
Ideas to discuss with your children
Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 is a supernatural fantasy movie based on the final book in the Twilight Saga series. The movie is targeted at an older teenage and adult audience. It has a lot of brutal violence and some sexual references, which make it unsuitable for children and younger teenagers. Seeing the movie is likely to have a bigger impact on younger viewers than reading the book.
The main messages from this movie are about striving to overcome obstacles and trying to become what we are meant to be.
Values in this movie that you could talk about with your children include the following:
- Friendship and support: friends of the Cullen family from around the world come together to support Bella and Edward and protect their new daughter.
- Acceptance: Bella’s father, while not fully understanding the changes in his daughter, accepts and supports her.
- Self-sacrifice: Bella, Edward, the entire Cullen family and friends from around the world are willing to risk everything to protect Renesmee. Bella has made a huge self-sacrifice by giving up her mortality to be with Edward.