New Zealand, United States of America

ActionAdventureFantasy

CorruptionBased on novel or bookOrcsElvesDwarfDragonBattleUnlikely friendshipEpic battleSword and sorcery

Peter Jackson

Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage, Luke Evans, Orlando Bloom, Lee Pace

Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Guillermo del Toro

New Line Cinema, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, WingNut Films, Warner Bros. Pictures

Taglines: Witness the defining chapter of the Middle-Earth saga

Immediately after the events of The Desolation of Smaug, Bilbo and the dwarves try to defend Erebor's mountain of treasure from others who claim it: the men of the ruined Laketown and the elves of Mirkwood. Meanwhile an army of Orcs led by Azog the Defiler is marching on Erebor, fueled by the rise of the dark lord Sauron. Dwarves, elves and men must unite, and the hope for Middle-Earth falls into Bilbo's hands.

Reviews:

Author: Ruuz
Comparing the _Lord of the Rings_ trilogy and the _Hobbit_ trilogy was already like comparing apples and mediocre oranges, but none so mediocre as _Battle of the Five Armies_. Don't get me wrong, I love a "battle" as much as the next guy, more maybe, I don't even mind a movie that's 95% battle, but in this? It does. Not. Work. _Five Armies_ is a movie that never made it out of pre-viz, let alone to a polished, well-rounded, final cut. I enjoy it to some degree when running through a Middle-Earth marathon as a whole, but only when the group I'm with will let me roll my eyes and complain about it. _Final rating:★★½ - Had a lot that appealed to me, didn’t quite work as a whole._