There isn’t any setup or prevaricating with regards to what the viewer is watching: you are expected to understand what’s going on, and who these people all are, without a shred of recapping the previous film, and the action lurches between Harry’s Muggle-world struggles and his relief at returning to the Wizard world quite quickly. The great thing about The Chamber Of Secrets is that we’re thrust right back into Harry’s story from the get-go. Ron (Grint) and Hermione (Watson) rejoin the action as well, each with their own problems and issues to deal with: the pre-pubescent angst involved is counter-pointed by the more traditional magical-related issues abounding within the film. Back at Hogwarts, he also runs into Dobby, a mysterious House Elf who is hiding a big, big secret. So when he’s rescued from imprisonment and goes to stay with the Weasley family, and then journey on to Hogwarts, he meets the pernicious Gilderoy Lockhart (Branagh), a talent-less magician who is more famous for what he say’s he’s done than what he actually has achieved. Outside the magical realm, he has nobody, and thanks to his squabbling family is relatively isolated. Harry (Radcliffe), now back living with his awful Aunt and Uncle, and their idiotic child, longs to return to the place he feels most at home: the Hogwarts School of Wizardry, where he feels most at home. The Chamber Of Secrets does find itself mired in similar issues to that of The Philosopher’s Stone, in that the reliance on underwhelming – but still engaging – performances by the young cast is bolstered by their superstar supporting roster (including Alan Rickman and a sublime Kenneth Branagh) and the uneven tone of awestruck fantasy and outright danger does clog up a lot of Columbus’ work directing here, but the film’s high-powered budget and exemplary production design make for an immersive, always enjoyable visual and aural treat: although it does still feel like we’re treading water here. Returning stars Radcliffe, Watson and Grint once more take center stage as the intrepid friends Harry, Hermione and Ron, this time further digging into Harry’s mysterious past as well as that of the ubiquitous Tom Riddle, a character whose legacy will have lasting impact on the characters themselves. The film’s arc feels less explanatory and far more able to hit the ground running, as the franchise’s set-up was completed in the previous instalment.
Year Two in the story of Harry Potter and his adventures at Hogwarts School of Wizardry and Witchcraft, and one in which the mythology and expansive imagination of JK Rowling is truly brought forth by returning director Chris Columbus. Synopsis: Harry, Ron and Hermione become entangled in the whereabouts of the diary of Tom Riddle, which leads them to the mysterious and mythical Chamber of Secrets, where they learn that Voldemort’s legacy lives on beneath the halls of Hogwarts. Principal Cast : Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Alan Rickman, Richard Harris, Kenneth Branagh, John Cleese, Robbie Coltrane, Warwick Davis, Richard Griffiths, Jason Isaacs, Fiona Shaw, Maggie Smith, Julie Walters.
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