As Harry Potter gets older, his films get more mature as well. The fifth episode of the series brings us an young man dealing with adult problems.

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is darker, the dark atmosphere made me think of the last Star Wars episode (Revenge of the Sith). Harry has to deal with problems such as politics, conspiracies, corruption and also with love, leaving the funny sorcerer stuff behind. The storyline contains more death, more drama than its previous episodes.

The story starts off with Harry and his cousin being attacked by Dementors. To defend them against those enemies Harry is forced to use magic outside of Hogwarts, and therefore he is threatened to be expelled from school. This leads to a deeper plot against Harry and Professor Dumbledore. Harry's claims that the Dark Prince, Lord Voldemort has returned, ant this is seen by the Ministry of Magic as a ploy to overthrow the Ministry. The Ministry takes over Hogwarts, reducing the students' lessons to theory only, and prohibiting the practice of magic.

The young actors we used to see in the previous episodes are grown now, Daniel Radcliffe is 17 years old, and delivers a solid performance. Imelda Staunton is excellent as the sadistic new school head.