Chris Columbus directs this fantasy film based on the second instalment in J.K. Rowling's popular series of novels. Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe) and his friends Hermione (Emma Watson) and Ron (Rupert Grint) are back at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry for their second year. Vain author Gilderoy Lockhart (Kenneth Branagh) joins the staff as the new Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher and Harry, Hermione and Ron soon find that, once again, all is not right at the school...