Rated: PG-13.

Suitable for: Tweens and older.

What you should know: Michael Angarano is a Boston teen who is magically transported to ancient China, where he goes from being a kung-fu movie lover to an actual kung-fu practitioner, thanks to his mismatched teachers played by Jackie Chan and Jet Li. Although Chan provides some comic relief, this is an action adventure spun out of the legend of the Monkey King and running 113 minutes.

Language: One use of "Jesus" and a stronger version of "Darn."

Sexual situations and nudity: None.

Violence/scary situations: More than you might expect, starting with Angarano's character being bullied. People are shot, shown hanging from a tree, run through with a sword and fall to their deaths or into a pit of fire. Also lots of martial-arts sparring.

Drug or alcohol use: Chan's character consumes much wine.

Rated: PG-13.

Suitable for: Tweens and older, but be aware the movie uses some subtitles.

What you should know: The overwhelming, amorphous issue of illegal immigrants is processed through the story of one mother, undocumented and working in Los Angeles, and her 9-year-old boy named Carlitos in Mexico. He decides to cross the border and find her in the States.

Language: A handful or more of mild curses.

Sexual situations and nudity: A couple of kisses.

Violence/scary situations: Carlitos' grandmother, who has been his guardian, dies in her sleep. He tries to cross the border while hiding in a cramped space in an unairconditioned car. A man who appears to be a Good Samaritan turns out to have needle marks on his arm and tries to "sell" the boy for drugs. Illegal workers live in constant fear of immigration or police officers.

Drug or alcohol use: An obvious drug user and dealer are shown, and some beer and other alcoholic drinks are served.