The darkest of them all

Rating: 10/10 (26 February 2003)

This is without doubt my favourite movie of all time! And watching Peter Jackson reprise the narrative cue of Irvin Kershner, in The Two Towers, solidified this!
It has no introduction and no ending. However, it serves up an intense deconstruction of the psychology that underpins the heroes on their fragmented journey. The Empire is as unrelenting in its pursuit of the rebels as the taut direction from Kershner! The sense of threat is palpable and the good guys are soundly defeated.
The revelation of Darth Vader's true identity still shocks and is classic melodrama!