The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (Extended Edition)

Name: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (Extended Edition)
Released: 2002-1-1
Cast: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Liv Tyler, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin

PG-13
3h 55m
2002

95%

age 12+

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Extended Edition. In the second part of the Tolkien trilogy, Frodo Baggins and the other members of the Fellowship continue on their sacred quest to destroy the One Ring--but on separate paths. Their destinies lie at two towers--Orthanc Tower in Isengard, where the corrupt wizard Saruman awaits, and Sauron's fortress at Barad-dur, deep within the dark lands of Mordor.

Special Features

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The Taming of Sméagol

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Warriors of the Third Age

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

95%

Critics Consensus: The Two Towers balances spectacular action with emotional storytelling, leaving audiences both wholly satisfied and eager for the final chapter.

Reviews

Herald Sun (Australia)

Leigh Paatsch

What Jackson's storytelling lacks in coherency - a major problem for non-Tolkienites with the first film - he makes up for with a new-found sense of urgency and a richer blend of drama, humour and human emotion.

In terms of battle sequences alone, it's hard to find one that's quite as daunting and absorbing as the Battle for Helm's Deep in The Two Towers...

The climactic battle of Helm's Deep - though it still leaves much to be resolved for the final part - is a breathtakingly colossal skirmish in the rain and mud and fog.

October 9, 2020

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The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction

Kathi Maio

Call it a pretty good film and I'll agree with you. Call it a great one, and I will beg to differ.

February 28, 2020

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Rachel's Reviews (YouTube)

Rachel Wagner

It also has... layers of political dynamics going on which I actually thought was pretty interesting.

June 18, 2019

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Common Sense Media

age 12+

Common Sense Says

Outstanding adventure, but very violent battle scenes.

What Parents Need to Know

Parents need to know that violence in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers includes countless battle casualties in death by arrows, spears, swords, monster-stomping, fatal plunges, and explosions. For all the monster gore, pet-loving kids may be most disturbed when a hungry creature tears up fresh-killed rabbits to eat. There is nightmarish imagery of ghoulish things, dead and alive, that may be too much for some. Once-heroic character smokes. The story starts right where the previous Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring left off. Viewers not familiar with the first film (or J.R.R. Tolkien's novels) will be very confused.