Rating: PG-13 (epic battle sequences and scary images)
Length: 223 minutes

Widescreen 2.35:1 Color (Anamorphic)

ENGLISH: DTS 6.1
ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 5.1
ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 2.0

English, Spanish

The fellowship is broken and the lead characters have to go their own way. More major characters are introduced and you will see the first large battle fought in this story.

How can one tell how good a film based on popular books is? Easy, when the film alters from the book and even the most diehard fans aren't complaining. And if you liked the extras from the first film, they continue to get better here.

This is a much darker movie than the first and it will leave you hanging at the end.

• Commentary by the Director and Writers
• Commentary by the Design Team
• Commentary by the Production & Post-Production Teams
• Commentary by the Cast
• Five original documentaries cover adapting the book into a screenplay, the origins of Middle-earth, designing Middle-earth, a visit to the Weta workshop, and an in-depth look at creating and bringing Gollum to life
• Two interactive maps: Middle-earth Atlas and New Zealand as Middle-earth
• Galleries with audio commentaries containing over 1,800 images
• Eight original documentaries cover the filming of The Two Towers, the visual effects, editing, music and sound, stunts and fight training, and a visit to Weta Digital
• Interactive sound demonstration of The Battle of Helm's Deep

You either have to see this film after watching The Fellowship of the Ring or you don't. My guess is you do.

Peter Jackson   [Dead Alive, King Kong (2005), LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring/Return of the King]

Sean Astin - Samwise Gamgee

[LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring/Return of the King]

Cate Blanchett - Galadriel

[The Aviator, Bandits, Charlotte Gray, Elizabeth, Elizabeth: The Golden Age, Heaven, The Good German, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring/Return of the King, The Missing, The Talented Mr. Ripley, Veronica Guerin]

Orlando Bloom - Legolas Greenleaf

[Kingdom of Heaven, LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring/Return of the King, POTC: The Curse of the Black Pearl/Dead Man's Chest/At World's End, Troy]

Billy Boyd - Pippin

[LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring/Return of the King, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World]

Brad Dourif - Grima Wormtongue

[Alien: Resurrection, Blue Velvet, Dune (1984), Halloween (2007), LOTR: Return of the King, Mississippi Burning]

Bernard Hill - Theoden

[The Ghost and the Darkness, Gothika, LOTR: Return of the King, The Scorpion King, Titanic]

Christopher Lee - Saruman

[The Golden Compass, LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring/Return of the King, The Man with the Golden Gun, Satanic Rights of Dracula, Sleepy Hollow, Star Wars Episode II/III, Tale of the Mummy, The Wicker Man (1973)]

Ian McKellen - Gandalf

[Apt Pupil, The Da Vinci Code, The Golden Compass, LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring/Return of the King, X-Men, X2: X-Men United, X-Men: The Last Stand]

Dominic Monaghan - Meriadoc 'Merry' Brandybuck

[LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring/Return of the King]

Viggo Mortensen - Aragorn

[A History of Violence, Carlito's Way, Crimson Tide, G.I. Jane, Hidalgo, LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring/Return of the King]

Miranda Otto - Eowyn

[Flight of the Phoenix (2004), LOTR: The Return of the King, War of the Worlds (2005)]

John Rhys-Davies - Gimli

[Helen of Troy, In the Name of the King, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, The Living Daylights, LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring/Return of the King, The Medallion, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Shogun]

Andy Serkis - Gollum

[King Kong (2005), LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring/Return of the King, The Prestige]

Liv Tyler - Arwen

[Armageddon, The Incredible Hulk, LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring/Return of the King]

Hugo Weaving - Elrond

[LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring/Return of the King, The Matrix/Reloaded/Revolutions, V for Vendetta]

Elijah Wood - Frodo Baggins

[Deep Impact, LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring/Return of the King]