The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

Germany, New Zealand, United States

2002

179 Min

Color

2.35:1

Thai, English

Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
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PROD Peter Jackson, Barrie M. Osborne, Fran Walsh

SCR J.R.R. Tolkien, Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Stephen Sinclair, Peter Jackson

CAST Elijah Wood, Andy Serkis, Billy Boyd, David Wenham, Brad Dourif, Ian McKellen, Sean Astin, Cate Blanchett, Orlando Bloom, Viggo Mortensen, Sala Baker, Jed Brophy, Bernard Hill, Bruce Hopkins, Christopher Lee, Dominic Monaghan, Miranda Otto, John Rhys-Davies, Liv Tyler, Karl Urban, Hugo Weaving, Robbie Magasiva, Robyn Malcolm, Craig Parker, Calum Gittins, John Bach, Bruce Allpress

The Fellowship has been broken. Boromir is dead, Frodo Baggins and Samwise Gamgee have gone to Mordor alone to destroy the One Ring, Merry and Pippin have been captured by the Uruk-hai, and Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli have made friends of the Rohan, a race of humans that are in the path of the upcoming war, led by its aging king, Théoden. The two towers between Mordor and Isengard, Barad-dúr and Orthanc, have united in their lust for destruction. The corrupt wizard Saruman, under the power of the Dark Lord Sauron, and his slimy assistant, Gríma Wormtongue, have created a grand Uruk-hai army bent on the destruction of Man and Middle-earth. The rebellion against Sauron is building up and will be led by Gandalf the White, who was thought to be dead after the Balrog captured him. One of the Ring’s original bearers, the creature Gollum, has tracked Frodo and Sam down in search of his ‘precious’, but is captured by the Hobbits and used as a way to lead them to Mt. Doom. The War of the Ring has now begun… –IMDb

Director

Peter Jackson

Peter Jackson made history with The Lord of the Rings trilogy, becoming the first person to direct three major feature films simultaneously. The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers and The Return of the King were nominated for and collected a slew of awards from around the globe, including 17 Academy Awards®, 12 British Academy of Film and Television Awards and four Golden Globes.

It was for The Return of the King that Jackson received his most impressive collection of awards. This included three Academy Awards® (Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Director and Best Picture), two Golden Globes (Best Director and Best Motion Picture-Drama), three BAFTAs (Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Film and Audience Award), a Directors Guild Award, a Producers Guild Award and a New York Film Critics Circle Award.

As a follow-up to The Lord of the Rings trilogy, in 2005 Jackson directed, wrote and produced King Kong for Universal Pictures. The film grossed over $500 million and won three… read more

As a follow-up to The Lord of the Rings trilogy, in 2005 Jackson directed, wrote and produced King Kong for Universal Pictures. The film grossed over $500 million and won three Oscars®.

Jackson previously received widespread acclaim for his 1994 feature Heavenly Creatures, which received an Academy Award® nomination for Best Original Screenplay. Other film credits include The Frighteners, starring Michael J. Fox; the adult puppet feature Meet the Feebles; and Braindead, which won 16 international science fiction awards, including the Saturn. Jackson also co-directed the television documentary Forgotten Silver, which also hit the film festival circuit.

This past summer, Jackson produced the worldwide sci-fi hit District 9. He is currently serving as producer on Steven Spielberg’s The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn, the first of a planned trilogy, one of which he plans to direct. He has co-written the screenplays and will serve as executive producer on Guillermo del Toro’s two-film adaptation of Tolkien’s The Hobbit. He is also producer of the remake of the WWII film Dambusters.

Born in New Zealand on Halloween in 1961, Jackson began at an early age making movies with his parents’ Super 8 camera. At 17, he left school and, after purchasing a 16mm camera, began shooting a science fiction comedy short which, three years later, had grown into a 75-minute feature called Bad Taste.

Jackson works closely with partner Fran Walsh, with whom he shares his writing and producing credits, as well as a family. Jackson has a special interest in WWI memorabilia and is the proud owner of a number of aircraft from that era.—Paramount Pictures

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Ryan H.

14Jan12

A marginal improvement on the first film, but plagued by many of the same problems, including a greater proportion of silly, Blockbuster-y moments that undermine the mythic grandeur that the film strives to achieve.

HKFanatic

4Jan12

This would probably be my second favorite in the trilogy if we could just edit out Peter Jackson's ill-advised attempts at humor, like the Gimli short jokes and Legolas surfing down a flight of stairs. Otherwise, the battle at Helm's Deep is as good as action gets in Lord of the Rings: not as epic in scope as the battle in RotK but much more intimate and personal of a fight, and therefore more exciting to watch.

Sean

2Jan12

he second film in the series is not the best of the three but its still pretty great. The Battle of Helm's Deep is where its at, so epic. Jackson's attention to detail is amazing, scenes that I envisioned in my head when I was reading the books come alive on screen, I think he did a wonderful job in translating it to screen.