Visually stunning as peter jackson delivers! - The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Reviews

Second installment in the trilogy of adapted tales from J.R.R. Tolkien. The ongoing saga picks up exactly where The Fellowship Of The Ring left off, where we see the hobbits Frodo [Elijah Wood] and Sam [Sean Astin] continue there journey to the depths Mordor in their mission to destroy the ring, whilst there departed companions make new allies and forge an assault on Isengard. Undeniably separated, Aragon [Viggo Mortensen] Legolas [Orlando Bloom] and Gimli [John Rhys-Davies] desperately search to find the missing hobbits, who are captured by the Orcs. Meanwhile Gandalf [Ian McKellen] travels in an attempt to locate help, for the engaging battle that soon followed. Although the introduction of new characters, Director Peter Jackson do deliver a excellent offering for a sequel, though it fell way short of the original. The screenwriting team did manipulate some major storylines from the novels, though the many difference never reflected in this enterprising endeavor. Nominated for 6 Academy Awards and winning for sound effects and editing. The visual effects team did another fantastic job, as they created more engaging battle sequences and the introduction of a schizophrenic CGI character, Gollum. In The Fellowship Of The Ring it was Ian McKellen and Sean Bean performances that stands out from the weakened cast, but in this sequel McKellen seems out of sorts and there was no leading performer from the bunch, just sub-standard ordinary performances from the entire cast. The third installment in the trilogy, The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King would be released approximately a year later.