Continuing on with the quest to return the One Ring to Mordor, the second chapter of The Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Two Towers, premiered in theaters on Dec. 18, 2002 world-wide.

The Two Towers, written by J. R.R. Tolkien, follows the journey of two hobbits, Frodo Baggins (Elijah Wood) and Samwise Gamgee (Sean Astin), to destroy the One Ring at Mount Doom.

Followed on their journey is Gollum (AKA Smeagol) (voice and motions by Andy Serkis), a creature who is after his lost “precious” one.

How will Frodo’s journey be affected by this creature that desperately wants the Ring back? How far will Gollum go to get back his “precious”?

Meanwhile, the rest of the fellowship, Aragorn (Viggo Mortesen), Legolas (Orlando Bloom) and Gimli (John-Rhys Davies), takes another path to rescue the abducted hobbits, Merry (Dominic Monaghan) and Pippin (Billy Boyd) from the Uruk-hai.

Gandalf the Wizard (Ian McKellem) also makes a miraculous return to the fellowship to aid in the war to save Middle Earth.

The Two Towers, directed by Peter Jackson, shows the struggle between the alliance of the dark towers of Saruman and Sauron.

The alliance of the two towers is set to destroy the world of man.

Saruman’s army attacks the world of man, but can the fellowship help save man and unite the world to save Middle Earth? Will Frodo and Sam make it to Mordor to destroy the One Ring?

And what of the elves? will they all leave Middle Earth and head West to leave the world of man defend the once calm lands?

The movie is rated PG-13 for epic battle sequences and scary images.

The Two Towers also introduces a new cast of characters in the world of man: King Theoden of Rohan (Bernard Hill) who does not want to go to war with Saruman, his niece Eowyn (Miranda Otto) who wants to fight amongst the men to save her homeland of Rohan and many more others in the land of Rohan and Gondor are introduced.

The movie focuses primarily on the war between the Two Towers and the world of man with a great portion of the movie dedicated to the attack at Helm’s Deep between Saruman’s army and the people of Rohan and also the attack at Gondor.

The Two Towers also focuses on the relationship between Arwen (Liv Tyler) and Aragorn, which is barely mentioned in any of the books, only in the appendices.

Will Arwen stay in Middle Earth hoping for Aragorn to return to her? Will she leave Middle Earth and sail West with the other elves to get away from war and despair?

To find out what happens in the Two Towers, I would strongly recommend this movie to anyone who likes a bit of fantasy, action, romance or even comedy.

Just as The Fellowship of the Ring has brought back many Academy Awards, I am quite certain that The Two Towers will also prove to be a great movie.

The final chapter in the trilogy, The Return of the King, is set to come out on Christmas Day 2003.

For more information and extra movie items, visit the official Web site at www.lordoftherings.net.

To find out more about the series, I would strongly encourage anyone interested in the trilogy to pick up The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien and read the novels to learn more and also to get more detail about the story behind the movie.