“I need to talk to the goblin.” Even if you’ve been lying in a coma for the last decade and a half, you know there’s something special about J.K. Rowling’s world right from the start of “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — Part 2.” It’s not just the fantastic nature of what are nearly the first words spoken in the last film of the franchise. It’s also the way they’re pronounced, with an unexpected authority from the movie’s young star, Daniel Radcliffe. And the way they’re received — no one questions the demands of this boy, nearly a man, who even after seven films remains something of a cipher.

The film picks up immediately where “Deathly Hallows – Part 1” left off. Harry Potter (Radcliffe), Hermione Granger (Emma Watson) and Ron Weasley (Rupert Grint) are continuing their quest to destroy the evil Lord Voldemort (it seems he can now be named, at least once in a while) by first destroying the horcruxes that contain bits of his soul. Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes) seeks immortality; but all is threatened every minute he still lives. The trio has skipped what was supposed to be their final year of schooling there. They’ll eventually return, of course, for a final showdown that will see the building all but destroyed — along with some of its occupants.