Following Smaug's attack on Laketown, Bilbo and the dwarves try to defend Erebor's mountain of treasure from others who claim it: the men of the ruined Laketown and the elves of Mirkwood. Meanwhile an army of Orcs led by Azog the Defiler is marching on Erebor, fueled by the rise of the dark lord Sauron. Dwarves, elves and men must unite, and the hope for Middle-Earth falls into Bilbo's hands.
Practical Effects
Thorin's gold-fever hallucinations are gloriously unhinged.
Visual Effects
Smaug's Laketown rampage before the title card drops.
Acting
Richard Armitage sells Thorin's tragic spiral completely.
Director
Peter Jackson
Ian McKellen
Gandalf the Grey
Martin Freeman
Bilbo Baggins
Richard Armitage
Thorin Oakenshield
Orlando Bloom
Legolas
Evangeline Lilly
Tauriel
Luke Evans
Bard
Lee Pace
King Thranduil
Benedict Cumberbatch
Smaug / Sauron (voice)
Ken Stott
Balin
Aidan Turner
Kili
Dean O'Gorman
Fili
Billy Connolly
Dain Ironfoot
Graham McTavish
Dwalin
James Nesbitt
Bofur
Stephen Fry
Master of Laketown
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was originally titled 'There and Back Again' before Jackson split it into three films, stretching a 300-page children's book into eight hours of cinema.
Ryan Gage's Alfred the Coward became an accidental meme sensation, with fans calling him the true protagonist of Laketown's chaos.
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