The Hobbit: The Battle of The Five Armies | Full Movie | Movies Anywhere

Beyond letting audiences down with the final entry of six, Jackson doesn't meet his own high standards and treatment for the Middle Earth saga up to this point.

As an individual film, The Battle of the Five Armies serves its purpose. It's a nice way to close the series out, and man, does it feel great to finally get the full picture.

Heroes and villains abound, and while there isn't quite enough actual story to justify the two-hour-and twenty-minute running time, the battle between good and evil is so primal, so elemental you can't help but let it get your blood racing.

The final episode neatly concludes the epic quest started so long ago, but as the forces of good and evil collide in prolonged warfare, it's easy to forget the backstory.