Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers, The—Extended Edition

The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers is the middle film about Middle-earth in a wildly popular epic trilogy of good against evil, based on the book by J.R.R. Tolkien. By the time the credits rolled at the end of The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring, the fellowship was nowhere near their final destination, where Frodo (Wood) is to fulfill his quest of casting the evil ring of Mordor into the fires at Mount Doom. The fellowship had disbanded after their tremendous losses following Gandalf The Grey's (McKellan) plunge into the pit at Khazad-dûm and Boromir's (Bean) heroic death. Frodo and Sam (Astin) press on toward Mordor, joined by the visual effects marvel Gollum (Serkis) who has been given the task to guide them there. Across Middle-earth in search of Merry and Pippin (Monaghan and Boyd), Aragorn (Mortensen), Legolas (Bloom), and Gimli (Rhys-Davies) learn of the besieged kingdom of Rohan, whose King has fallen under the spell of the evil wizard Saruman The White (Lee). Yet, Gandalf emerges as Gandalf The White and encourages Aragorn to unite the people of Rohan with Gondor, to be the last remaining stronghold of human resistance. Meanwhile, Merry and Pippin have escaped their captors only to find unexpected allies in the ancient trees of a forest that Saruman has all but destroyed. Though separated, the fellowship still has strength to stand against the powerful force spreading from Saruman's Orthanc Tower in Isengard and Sauron's Mordor fortress at Barad-dûr. Yet, can Gollum and his passion for his "precious" be trusted to safely deliver the Hobbits to Mordor, despite feeling betrayed by Frodo? And will the rest of the fellowship survive the ensuing battles to save Middle-earth? (Suzanne Hodges)