Product Description
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 is the final
adventure in the Harry Potter film series. The much-anticipated
motion picture event is the second of two full-length parts.
In the epic finale, the battle between the good and evil forces
of the wizarding world escalates into an all-out war. The stakes
have never been higher and no one is safe. But it is Harry Potter
who may be called upon to make the ultimate sacrifice as he draws
closer to the climactic showdown with Lord Voldemort.
It all ends here.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 stars Daniel
Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson, reprising their roles as
Harry Potter, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger. The film's
ensemble cast also includes Helena Bonham Carter, Jim Broadbent,
Robbie Coltrane, Warwick Davis, Tom Felton, Ralph Fiennes,
Michael Gambon, Ciarán Hinds, John Hurt, Jason Isaacs, Matthew
Lewis, Gary Oldman, Alan Rickman, Maggie Smith, David Thewlis,
Emma Thompson, Julie Walters and Bonnie Wright.
The film was directed by David Yates, who also helmed the
blockbusters Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Harry
Potter and the Half-Blood Prince and Harry Potter and the Deathly
Hallows - Part 1.
Extra Content
(Please note: special features are in 2D)
Maximum Movie Mode:
Aberforth Dumbledore
Deathly Hallows Costume Changes
Harry Returns to Hogwarts
The Hogwarts Shield
The Room of Requirement Set
The Fiery Escape
Neville's Stand
Molly Takes Down Bellatrix
Final Farewells from Cast and Crew
Pottermore Preview
When Harry Left Hogwarts
The Goblins of Gringotts
The Women of Harry Potter
Deleted Scenes
Warner Bros. Studio Tour London
A Conversation with JK Rowling and Daniel Radcliffe
.co.uk Review
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The Deathly Hallows: Part 2 is the film all Harry Potter fans
have waited 10 years to see, and the good news is that it's worth
the hype--visually stunning, action packed, faithful to the book,
and mature not just in its themes and emotion but in the acting
by its cast, some of whom had spent half their lives making Harry
Potter movies. Part 2 cuts right to the chase: Voldemort (Ralph
Fiennes) has stolen the Elder Wand, one of the three objects
required to give someone power over death (a.k.a. the Deathly
Hallows), with the intent to hunt and kill Harry. Meanwhile,
Harry's quest to destroy the rest of the Horcruxes (each
containing a bit of Voldemort's soul) leads him first to a
thrilling (and hilarious--love that Polyjuice Potion!) trip to
Gringotts Bank, then back to Hogwarts, where a spectacular battle
pitting the young students and professors (a showcase of the
British thesps who have stolen every scene of the series: Maggie
Smith's McGonagall, Jim Broadbent's Slughorn, David Thewlis's
Lupin) against a dark army of Dementors, ogres, and Bellatrix
Lestrange (Helena Bonham Carter, with far less crazy eyes to make
this round). As predicted all throughout the saga, Harry also has
his final showdown with Voldemort--neither can live while the
other survives--though the physics of that predicament might need
a set of crib notes to explain. But while each installment has
become progressively grimmer, this finale is the most balanced
between light and dark (the dark is quite dark--several familiar
characters die, with one significant death particularly grisly);
the humor is sprinkled in at the most welcome times, thanks to
the deft adaptation by Steve Kloves (who scribed all but one of
the films from J.K. Rowling's books) and direction by four-time
Potter director David Yates. The climactic kiss between Ron
(Rupert Grint) and Hermione (Emma Watson), capping off a decade
of romantic tension, is perfectly tuned to their idiosyncratic
relationship, and Daniel Radcliffe has, over the last decade,
certainly proven he was the right kid for the job all along. As
Prof. Snape, the most perfect of casting choices in the best-cast
franchise of all time, Alan Rickman breaks your heart. Only the
epilogue (and the lack of chemistry between Harry and love Ginny
Weasley, barely present here) stand a little shaky, but no
matter: the most lucrative franchise in movie history to date has
just reached its conclusion, and it's done so without losing its
soul. --Ellen A. Kim