Maleficent: Mistress of Evil continues the story a few years later. In the interim period the Sleeping Beauty story has spread, painting Maleficent (Angelina Jolie) as the evil witch and Prince Phillip (Harris Dickinson) as the hero. Because of this Maleficent has become a recluse using her minion Diaval (Sam Riley) to bring her news.

Aurora (Elle Fanning) and Prince Phillip are getting married, uniting the Kingdom of Ulstead with the Moors. Maleficent is invited to a wedding feast where she meets King John (Robert Lindsay) and Queen Ingrith (Michelle Pfeiffer). John wants peace. Ingrith is hostile and provoke Maleficent. When Maleficent strikes back King John is stricken with a curse. Maleficent is mortally wounded and goes over a waterfall.

Everyone, including Aurora, believes Maleficent cursed King John. Queen Ingrith is finally ready to implement her master plan: wiping out all the Moorfolk and conquering the Moors. Meanwhile Maleficent wakes up in the hidden city of the fey -- her people long believed to be extinct. She was rescued by their leader Conall (Chiwetel Ejiofor) who wants peace with the humans. Borra (Ed Skrein) leads the war faction, who believe that the only way to save themselves is to wipe out Ulstead, and with Maleficent's magic they think they can pull it off...

This is an ok movie. When I first watched Maleficent I was enamored with the story. When I rewatched Maleficent last month it was an entertaining story but not enthralling. Maleficent: Mistress of Evil is likewise entertaining but not a great movie. It has more fairy tale story predictability than Maleficent and trades off further developing Maleficent/Aurora with developing them as independent characters. For a sequel it holds up.