The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
(2014)
Overview
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.
Director
Peter Jackson
Top Billed
Ian McKellen
Keywords
Top Billed Cast
Crew
Collection
The Hobbit Collection
Reviews
Andres Gomez
⭐ 5/10February 6, 2015
As there was not much more to be told from the end of the previous movie, just assist to more than 2h of continuous battle.
Quite pointless, but you may enjoy the action if that is what you were looking for ...
Dark Jedi
⭐ 9/10January 6, 2018
The Lord of The Rings are still occupying the three top places of my top ten movies list. Needless to say I am a fan of Tolkien and his Middle Earth fantasy story. I never felt that The Hobbit series could match the original trilogy but then much of the story in The Hobbit is not really Tolkien’s but produced by Hollywood scriptwriters to embellish the story enough to fill three movies. It is not a bad attempt by any means (for being a Hollywood … read the rest.
Gimly
⭐ 5/10January 20, 2019
Comparing the _Lord of the Rings_ trilogy and the _Hobbit_ trilogy was already like comparing apples and mediocre oranges, but none so mediocre as _Battle of the Five Armies_. Don't get me wrong, I love a "battle" as much as the next guy, more maybe, I don't even mind a movie that's 95% battle, but in this? It does. Not. Work.
_Five Armies_ is a movie that never made it out of pre-viz, let alone to a polished, well-rounded, final cut. I enjoy …
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r96sk
⭐ 7/10February 22, 2021
Exactly what it says on the tin - to a fault.
Don't get me wrong, I like it. However, towards the end <em>'The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies'</em> definitely begins to drag quite heavily - the impact of what eventually happens did not, to be honest, hit as strongly as it could've/should've. The pure action is good, but there's not much to remember about everything else.
None of the characters, with the exception of Richard Armitage …
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CinemaSerf
⭐ 7/10May 29, 2025
After a singularly slow start to the series and despite the fact that I still can’t quite engage with Martin Freeman’s title character, I reckon that this is the best of the trilogy with some superb visual effects underpinned by a solid and characterful story right from the start. With the marauding “Smaug” breathing fire all over the town, it falls to “Bard” (Luke Evans) to try to save the day. Meantime, “Bilbo” (Freeman) is having to contend wi… read the rest.
Dr_Nostromo
⭐ 8/10May 30, 2026
83/100
Events have now culminated into a war between dwarves, humans, elves and two armies of orcs. This is such an exciting film that fails miserably in the theatrical version. I believe that much of its negative reaction is simply because of the continuity errors and rushed nature of the theatrical version ...like they're in a hurry to get it over with. Entire action sequences weren't included to satisfy a PG rating and for length. I persona…
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Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
$250,000,000
Revenue
$956,019,788