The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim

"Hope has yet to abandon these lands."

2024 2h 14m EN

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★6.5TMDB · 961🥫49%Rotten Tomatoes●54Metacritic★6.3IMDB · 37,877

AnimationFantasyAdventureAction

Synopsis

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A sudden attack by Wulf, a clever and traitorous lord of Rohan seeking vengeance for the death of his father, forces Helm Hammerhand, the King of Rohan, and his people to make a daring last stand in the ancient stronghold of the Hornburg.

“Hope has yet to abandon these lands.”

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Cast

Brian Cox
Helm Hammerhand (voice)
Gaia Wise
Héra (voice)
Luke Pasqualino
Wulf (voice)
Laurence Ubong Williams
Fréaláf (voice)
Lorraine Ashbourne
Olwyn (voice)
Miranda Otto
Éowyn (voice)
Shaun Dooley
Freca (voice)
Benjamin Wainwright
Haleth (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Kenji Kamiyama
Writers: Phoebe Gittins, Arty Papageorgiou, Jeffrey Addiss
Languages: English
Countries: Japan, New Zealand, United States of America

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MONEY

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Earned back only 69% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.

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ERA

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Released 2 years ago.

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WORLD

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International production across 3 countries: Japan, New Zealand, United States of America.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Stephen Gallagher. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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CAST

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Brian Cox and Gaia Wise and Luke Pasqualino carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Hope has yet to abandon these lands.".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt14824600 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Kenji Kamiyama directs. Stephen Gallagher scores. A commercial under-performer on release. Produced in Japan, New Zealand, United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

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1Earned back only 69% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.
2Released 2 years ago.
3International production across 3 countries: Japan, New Zealand, United States of America.
4Original score by Stephen Gallagher. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Brian Cox and Gaia Wise and Luke Pasqualino carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "Hope has yet to abandon these lands.".
7IMDB entry: tt14824600 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Classified under 8 themes, including "based on novel or book", "prequel", "treachery", "fantasy world".

The technical file

Original score: Stephen Gallagher
VFX supervisor: Matt Aitken
Sound: Michael Hedges
Runtime: 134 min · 2h 14m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $30,000,000
Box office: $20,658,572
Return: 69% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim (2024)
Rotten Tomatoes: 49% 🥫 Rotten
Metacritic: 54/100
IMDB rating: 6.3/10 · 37,877 votes
MPAA: PG-13

Awards

2 nominations total

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CinemaSerf2024-12-17
★ 6/10
When the King decides to decline an offer for a strategic betrothal for his daughter "Héra", a duel ensues that sees the would-be suitor "Wulf" swear vengeance on the house of "Helm Hammerhand" and the kingdom of "Rohan" before he flees to the mountains. Before too long, he has made his presence felt amongst the usually warring hill tribes and is soon a force to be reckoned with by the King. With his capital being attacked, "Helm" must lead from the front - but can he trust all of his nobles? It turns out that his daughter and this rebel were childhood friends but it's not just him she doesn't want to marry, she has far more independent designs for her life that don't include marriage at all, and these are actively encouraged by her handmaiden - herself a woman to be reckoned with. With duplicity and tragedy all around her, she must lead her people to the safety of the "Hornberg" to avoid the harshness of both her enemy and the brutal winter, but can they survive the ordeal that awaits them. This is a perfectly watchable animated fantasy adventure with the odd snippet of Howard Shore's original "Lord of the Rings - Two Towers" (2002) score to pep it up, but the standard of the animation is really quite underwhelming. It's all very two-dimensional and it seemed to me that virtually no effort has been made to synchronise the lips and the voices. The story is adequate enough, but stretched really quite thinly as it tops the two hour mark without anywhere near enough going on. There's isn't so much a war as a siege, and after about half an hour it felt more like this was an introduction to a character who is going to - whether JRR Tolkien likes it or not - deliver some more Middle Earth adventures for sequels galore. It really underplays the characterful mythology of the topic and takes a very disappointingly "Janet and John" approach to the mysteries and evils of that realm which was so well captured twenty-odd years ago by Peter Jackson.

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