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The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)144 minAdventure, FantasyRating 73/100

The third and final film in Peter Jackson's "Hobbit" series finds Bilbo Baggins and his dwarf compatriots at war against the evil dragon Smaug and a massive army of Orcs -- courtesy of the dark lord Sauron. With the future of Middle Earth at stake, its various inhabitants -- elves, humans and dwarves, among them -- must put aside their differences and their greed to stop their enemy.

Cast: Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, Orlando Bloom, Evangeline Lilly, Luke Evans, Lee Pace

Director: Peter Jackson