CAST
Elijah Wood
Ian McKellen
Liv Tyler
Viggo Mortensen
Sean Astin
Cate Blanchett
John Rhys-Davies
Bernard Hill
Christopher Lee
Billy Boyd
Dominic Monaghan
Orlando Bloom
Hugo Weaving
Miranda Otto
David Wenham
Sean Bean
Brad Dourif
Andy Serkis
Plot
The film begins with a flashback to the first film, with Gandalf battling the Balrog on the Bridge of
Khazad-dûm. Gandalf and the Balrog fall down into the immense chasm spanned by the bridge,
fighting while in free-fall. Still wrestling, the duo reach some forgotten lake down in the depths of
the Earth and there the flashback ends. Frodo awakens from this dream and continues his journey
with his loyal friend, Sam. They are then attacked by the Ring-obsessed Gollum wishing to
retrieve "his precious" from the ones who he thinks stole it from him. The Hobbits overcome him,
binding him with Sam's Elven rope. Sam distrusts Gollum and wishes to abandon him, but Frodo
understands the burden of the creature and takes pity on him. Realizing they are lost in the Emyn
Muil and in need of a guide, Frodo persuades Gollum to lead them to the Black Gate of Mordor.
In Rohan, the pack of Uruk-hai from the end of the first film are running across the grass plains
with their captives Merry and Pippin. Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli are in pursuit. After three days of
running, the trio narrow the gap to the Uruks and Legolas sees that the Hobbits are being taken in
the direction of Isengard, where Saruman is marshalling his Uruk-hai forces to do the bidding of
Sauron. In the kingdom of Rohan, King Théoden is being mentally and physically subdued by the
poisonous whisperings of his steward, GrÃma Wormtongue, who is secretly in the service of
Saruman. Orcs and Wild Men of Dunland, incited by Saruman, are freely roaming the land, burning
villages, massacring the people and destroying crops. Recently, the King's only son Théodred fell
victim to them, left mortally wounded in an ambush. Théoden's nephew Éomer interrogates
GrÃma, labelling him a spy: however, GrÃma banishes Éomer for undermining his authority
on pain of death, and Éomer sets forth to gather the remaining loyal men of the Rohirrim
and leave Rohan.
Frodo, Sam and Gollum traverse the Dead Marshes, passing the undead fallen warriors of the
Battle of Dagorlad and evading an airborne Ringwraith, riding a fell beast. When they finally
reach the Black Gate, they find the gate shut and heavily guarded by Orcs. However as they
watch, an Easterling contingent arrives and the gate opens for them to enter. Sensing a chance,
despite the high probability of capture, Frodo and Sam make ready to move. However, they
are held back by a clearly distressed and worried Gollum, who confirms their fears of capture
and insists that any attempt to get in via the Black Gate will only end with the One Ring
returning to Sauron. He then reveals that there is another way into Mordor, hidden and
unguarded. Sam is immediately suspicious, but Frodo gives him the benefit of the doubt,
pointing out that he has remained loyal thus far. Meanwhile, Éomer and his men ambush
and kill all of the Orcs and Uruk-hai holding the two Hobbits captive at nightfall. During the
battle, which takes place near the eaves of Fangorn forest, Merry and Pippin narrowly escape
their captors by fleeing into the trees where they are aided by Treebeard, the oldest of the
Ents of Middle-Earth.
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