The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

About The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

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.

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies is a 2014 fantasy film directed by Peter Jackson. Ian McKellen stars as Gandalf the Grey, Martin Freeman as Bilbo Baggins, Richard Armitage as Thorin Oakenshield, and Orlando Bloom as Legolas.

It runs 144 minutes and was released in December 2014. Written by Fran Walsh and Guillermo del Toro. It was produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, New Line Cinema, and WingNut Films. The film began as a novel.

Members will find corruption, good versus evil, dragon, and battle in it. American members can watch it on HBO Max and HBO Max Amazon Channel. It scores 7.3 out of 10 from 15,941 TMDB voters and it carries a PG-13 rating.

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies appears in 3 member libraries and 4 Shelvs here. It is most often saved alongside The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, and Inception. It belongs to The Hobbit Collection.