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Domain Entertainment
Middle-earth Enterprises
New Line Cinema
Sola Entertainment
Warner Bros. Animation
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Hope has yet to abandon these lands.
A sudden attack by Wulf, a clever and traitorous lord of Rohan seeking vengeance for the death of his father, forces Helm Hammerhand, the King of Rohan, and his people to make a daring last stand in the ancient stronghold of the Hornburg.
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Dec 17, 2024 · via TMDB
When the King decides to decline an offer for a strategic betrothal for his daughter "Héra", a duel ensues that sees the would-be suitor "Wulf" swear vengeance on the house of "Helm Hammerhand" and the kingdom of "Rohan" before he flees to the mountains. Before too long, he has made his presence felt amongst the usually warring hill tribes and is soon a force to be reckoned with by the King. With his capital being attacked, "Helm" must lead from the front - but can he trust all of his nobles? It turns out that his daughter and this rebel were childhood friends but it's not just him she doesn't want to marry, she has far more independent designs for her life that don't include marriage at all, and these are actively encouraged by her handmaiden - herself a woman to be reckoned with. With duplicity and tragedy all around her, she must lead her people to the safety of the "Hornberg" to avoid the harshness of both her enemy and the brutal winter, but can they survive the ordeal that awaits them. This is a perfectly watchable animated fantasy adventure with the odd snippet of Howard Shore's original "Lord of the Rings - Two Towers" (2002) score to pep it up, but the standard of the animation is really quite underwhelming. It's all very two-dimensional and it seemed to me that virtually no effort has been made to synchronise the lips and the voices. The story is adequate enough, but stretched really quite thinly as it tops the two hour mark without anywhere near enough going on. There's isn't so much a war as a siege, and after about half an hour it felt more like this was an introduction to a character who is going to - whether JRR Tolkien likes it or not - deliver some more Middle Earth adventures for sequels galore. It really underplays the characterful mythology of the topic and takes a very disappointingly "Janet and John" approach to the mysteries and evils of that realm which was so well captured twenty-odd years ago by Peter Jackson.
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Brian Cox
Helm Hammerhand (voice)
Gaia Wise
Héra (voice)
Luke Pasqualino
Wulf (voice)
Laurence Ubong Williams
Fréaláf (voice)
Lorraine Ashbourne
Olwyn (voice)
Miranda Otto
Éowyn (voice)
Shaun Dooley
Freca (voice)
Benjamin Wainwright
Haleth (voice)
Yazdan Qafouri
Háma (voice)
Michael Wildman
General Targg (voice)
Janine Duvitski
Old Pennicruik (voice)
Bilal Hasna
Lief (voice)
Jude Akuwudike
Lord Thorne (voice)
Billy Boyd
Shank (voice)
Dominic Monaghan
Wrot (voice)
Alex Jordan
Lord Frygt (voice)
Elijah Tamati
Young Wulf (voice)
Christopher Lee
Saruman (voice)
Calum Gittins
Wildman (voice)
Shane Bartle
Additional Voices (voice)
Adam Rhys Dee
Additional Voices (voice)
Alison Dowling
Additional Voices (voice)
Daniel Flynn
Additional Voices (voice)
Stephen Gledhill
Additional Voices (voice)
Peter Hambleton
Additional Voices (voice)
Nick Haverson
Additional Voices (voice)
Oliver Hembrough
Additional Voices (voice)
Ronny Jhutti
Additional Voices (voice)
Naomi McDonald
Additional Voices (voice)
Carmel McGlone
Additional Voices (voice)
Nigel Pilkington
Additional Voices (voice)
Lyndee-Jane Rutherford
Additional Voices (voice)
Gemma Wardle
Additional Voices (voice)
Alan Lee
Conceptual Design
John Howe
Conceptual Design
Bernard Hill
In Memory Of
Kenji Kamiyama
Director
Arty Papageorgiou
Associate Producer
Phoebe Gittins
Associate Producer
Anthony Tittanegro
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Fran Walsh
Executive Producer
Ken Kamins
Executive Producer
Peter Jackson
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Sam Register
Executive Producer
Toby Emmerich
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Jason DeMarco
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Joseph Chou
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Philippa Boyens
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Mark Willsher
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Stephen Gallagher
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Mark Willsher
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David Farmer
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Ken Arto
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Yasuhiro Aoki
Key Animation
Matt Aitken
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J. R. R. Tolkien
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Arty Papageorgiou
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Phoebe Gittins
Screenplay
Will Matthews
Screenplay
Philippa Boyens
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