Directed by: John Turtletaub
Starring: Nicholas Cage, Jon Voight, Ed Harris, Diane Kruger, Justin Bartha, Helen Mirren, Harvey Keitel
Rated: PG for some violence and action.
Parental Notes: This is a fairly idiotic film, but it is innocuous for most youngsters. There's a little violence and some peril, but it is not at all graphic and is in the grand dumb-action-movie style.
Written and Directed by: Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino
Starring: Rose McGowan, Kurt Russell, Freddy Rodriguez, Josh Brolin, Michael Biehn, Marley Shelton,
Rated: R for strong graphic bloody violence and gore, pervasive language, some sexuality, nudity and drug use.
Parental Notes: This is not a kids movie. It's packed with graphic, over-the-top violence of all sorts, from zombies' heads exploding to people being ripped apart in car accidents. Think "Kill Bill" but without the swords.
Directed by: David R. Ellis
Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, Julianna Margulies, Nathan Phillips
Rated: R for language, a scene of sexuality and drug use, and intense sequences of terror and violence.
Parental Notes: This is a fine movie for teens and mature preteens, provided they can handle aggressive snakes and people dying somewhat gruesomely from snakebite. It's not a good movie for youngsters.