Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Movie Review 2002

The second installment of the "Rings" trilogy does not disappoint. Picking up shortly after the first one left off, Frodo and Samwise are still heading toward Mordor, with Gollum following/abetting their progress. Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli join together with the denizens of Rohan to fight Saruman's army of Orcs. Gandalf is back to make with the white magic heroics as well. Plenty of action (the battle scenes are incredible) and plot twists (Frodo's battle of wills with himself and Gollum add yet more depth to both characters), provide enough entertainment to keep the chat rooms humming until the last chapter comes out. Speaking of final chapters, George Lucas must be sweating bullets right about now.

Distribution

New Line Home Video, 116 N. Robertson Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90048, Phone: (310)854-5811, Fax: (310)854-1824, URL: http://www.newline.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 179 minutes.
Originally from United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Fantasy, Demons & Wizards, Magic, Road Trip, Big Battles, Books to Film: J.R.R. Tolkien, Top Grossing Films of 2002, Little People

Screenplay

Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Stephen Sinclair

Cast

Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, Viggo Mortensen, Orlando Bloom, John Rhys-Davies, Ian McKellen, Christopher Lee, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, Liv Tyler, Bernard Hill, Miranda Otto, David Wenham, Karl Urban, Brad Dourif, Cate Blanchett, Hugo Weaving

Cinematography

Andrew Lesnie

Director

Peter Jackson

Music

Howard Shore

Other

John Rhys-Davies, Andy Serkis, Hammond Peek, Michael (D. Michael) Horton, (Peter) Joe Bleakley, Rob Otterside, Phil Ivey, Mark Robins, Ngila Dickson, Richard Taylor, Grant Major

Producer

Barrie M. Osborne, Fran Walsh, Peter Jackson, Wingnut Films, New Line Cinema

Awards

Oscars 2002: Visual FX; British Acad. 2002: Costume Des., Visual FX.