The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013) — watch online on iFILM Peter Jackson's second chapter of his Tolkien trilogy, a 161-minute fantasy adventure from New Line Cinema and Warner Bros. Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, and Benedict Cumberbatch lead a cast that spans wizards, dwarves, elves, and one fire-breathing nightmare.

Bilbo, Gandalf, and Thorin's company of thirteen push deeper toward the Lonely Mountain. Mirkwood Forest throws giant spiders and a suspicious elven king at them. A white-knuckle barrel escape down a raging river follows. Then comes Lake-town, where every merchant has a price and the British navy of Middle-earth has eyes everywhere. Orlando Bloom is back as Legolas; Evangeline Lilly joins as the elf warrior Tauriel. None of it prepares the company for what waits in the mountain's dark heart — Smaug himself, coiled over centuries of stolen gold. Cumberbatch voices the dragon with a cold, amused menace that turns every exchange with Bilbo into a quiet duel.

Jackson's WETA Workshop built the dragon using performance-capture techniques refined since The Lord of the Rings, and the result holds up more than a decade later. The film grossed over $958 million worldwide. Stream The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug in full HD online on iFILM.