Having grown up and grown a sense of responsibility, Alice (Mia Wasikowska) returns to the rabbit hole where her Wonderland once appeared. This time she has a political motive to overthrow the despotic rule of the autocratic Red Queen (Helena Bonham Carter). To accomplish this, Alice must garner support for the White Queen (Anne Hathaway) and eliminate the Jabberwocky (Christopher Lee) and end the state terrorism. At least this is the determination of a Blue Caterpillar (Alan Rickman) and the Cheshire Cat (Stephen Fry). Alice must enlist the Mad Hatter (Johnny Depp) to her cause, though he seems shell-shocked by the antics of the Red Queen and her henchman Stayne, the Knave of Hearts (Crispin Glover).