The long goodbye for the most successful film series of the century thus far begins with “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1,” the darkest and least characteristic of the batch.

Critics often gripe about the blink-and-you've-missed-it frenzy of action sequences in today's Hollywood thrillers.

What do you get if you cross a wartime kung fu drama with Donnie Yen (甄子丹) fist-pumping to Andrew Lau's beat? The answer is another remake of the 1972 Bruce Lee classic “Fist of Fury.”

In summing up “City Under Siege” (全城戒備) you could just use one word: ridiculous. But actually, it's beyond that.

Dogs and cats, living together ... mass hysteria? Maybe not so much.

Sylvester Stallone and his cast of fellow action stars flex substantial ensemble muscle in this high-energy battle between good mercenaries and bad mercenaries.

If toys, video games, comics and TV cartoon specials can serve as sources for Hollywood action flicks, why not Mickey Mouse?

If you watched the trailers for “Salt” (特務間諜) and thought you had the movie pretty much figured out already, you're wrong. One of the few things “Salt” does right is cleverly play off the built up audience expectations for the first half of the film.

In a summer of remakes, reboots and sequels comes “Inception” (全面啟動), easily the most original movie idea in ages.

“The Last Airbender” (降世神通：最後的氣宗) is a joyless, soulless, muddled mess, but the worst part of all does not come until the very end.