Picking up where The Fellowship of the Ring ends, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers is the second film in Peter Jackson's epic adaptation of the J.R.R. Tolkien fantasy trilogy. The fellowship has divided, with hobbits Frodo and Sam continuing toward Mount Doom to destroy the one ring of power and the trio of warrior Aragorn, dwarf Gimli, and elf Legolas pursuing of a party of Uruk-hai warriors who have captured the fellowship's two other hobbits, Merry and Pippin. Meanwhile, Lord Sauron, in collaboration with the corrupt Saruman, continues to build his forces in the land of Mordor for the coming war with the free races of Middle-earth. The wizard Gandalf, previously thought dead, has returned, but will he be in time to reunite the fellowship against Sauron?
Release:
18 Dec, 2002
Movie Reviews
"… leaves you wanting hours more once those end credits begin flashing across the screen....." -- Film Threat ( Read Review )
"No one has ever made better, more seamlessly natural-looking use of computer-generated imagery …...." -- New York Post ( Read Review )
"All of the things you dug from the first film are back and, generally, bigger and better....." -- Planet Sick-Boy ( Read Review )
"With "The Two Towers" it seems very clear that we are in the midst of one of the great achievements in fantasy filmmaking and in epic filmmaking....." -- Salon ( Read Review )
"… any sort of compelling story gets lost amidst all the spectacle....." -- People ( Read Review )
"… what it comes down to is superbly staged battle scenes and moral alliances forged in earnest yet purged of the wit and dynamic, bristly ego that define true on-screen personality....." -- Entertainment Weekly ( Read Review )
