Michael Shannon plays a villain with “impulse-control issues” in the bike-courier thriller “Premium Rush.” Shannon fans will salivate at the thought of that. Nobody can turn on the “impulse-control” scary like Michael Shannon.

Just when you thought you'd never hear Def Leppard's “Pour Some Sugar on Me” again outside of a strip club comes “Rock of Ages,” a shiny, splashy homage to the decadence of 1980s rock 'n' roll.

Every blow 'em up movie fan should be ready to be even more “exciterbated” by the entourage of even more outdated action heroes in “The Expendables 2.” The group of soldiers-for-hire is led by Barney Ross (Sylvester Stallone), who takes charge of another mission devised by spy boss Church (Bruce Willis).

"The Bourne Legacy" picks up where the last Bourne film left off. But this time, without Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) himself. Director Tony Gilroy maintains the quality and tone set by director Paul Greengrass in the last two Bourne movies, but uses a new protagonist, Aaron Cross (Jeremy Renner), who was trained like Bourne to be a secret super agent.

With “Step Up Revolution,” their second summertime at-bat after “Rock of Ages,” producers Adam Shankman and Jennifer Gibgot return to one of the things they do best — making young unknowns look like the next big thing. In its fourth installment.

“Red Lights” culminates with a twist ending that doesn't just change everything that came previously, it actually negates the entirety of the film. Rather than leaving you in an awe-struck state of “A-ha!” it's more likely to make you wonder in annoyance, “Really?”

Ben Stiller's Alex the lion reviews “Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted” so we don't have to. Halfway into the third animated tale about New York City zoo animals on their overseas adventures, Alex tells some new circus friends that their act was not too entertaining for families “because you were just going through the motions out there.”

Christopher Nolan concludes his Batman trilogy in typically spectacular, ambitious fashion with “The Dark Knight Rises,” but the feeling of frustration and disappointment is unshakable.

The familiar team of three — Manny the mammoth, Sid the sloth and Diego the saber-tooth tiger — are back to brave the harsh conditions of the Ice Age once again. Oh, and let's not forget Scrat the squirrel, whose determined pursuit of his beloved acorn, as always, launches the entire plot into motion.

Content based on classic Chinese ghost stories have been used and reused throughout contemporary films that rely on commendable action sequences and clichéd romantic storylines to keep them afloat at the box office.