Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play Please note the UV copy is only compatible in participating regions please visit the UV website for full details The last of three epic instalments in director Peter Jackson&s prequel to & The Lord of the Rings& trilogy Set in Middle-Earth 60 years before events in & The Lord of the Rings& the story follows the adventures of Hobbit Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman) who at the instigation of the wizard Gandalf (Ian Mc Kellen) suddenly finds himself co-opted into joining a company of 13 Dwarves led by Thorin Oakenshield (Richard Armitage) to help reclaim the lost kingdom of the Lonely Mountain from the clutches of Smaug the dragon (voice of Benedict Cumberbatch) In this film Bilbo Thorin & the other Dwarves have unintentionally released Smaug from the Lonely Mountain & endangered the residents of Lake-town Bilbo has to make a difficult decision when Thorin puts his desire to find the royal jewel Arkenstone before his loyalty to his friends Meanwhile Gandalf discovers that the evil Sauron has returned commanding a horde of Orcs to attack the Lonely Mountain Bilbo & his friends must fight for their survival as five armies meet in battle Actors Martin Freeman Richard Armitage Luke Evans Evangeline Lilly Ian Mc Kellen Directors Peter Jackson Language English Subtitles English Italian Chinese Dubbed Italian Mandarin Chinese Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired English Italian Audio Description English Number of discs 2