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Family reviews: 'The Mummy,' 'Swing Vote'

Parents' guide to select new movies:

"The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor'

Rating: PG-13 for adventure action and violence.

What it's about: The ”retired“ mummy hunters, the O'Connells, are sucked back into combat with the supernatural, this time in China.

The Kid Attractor Factor: Mummies, terra cotta soldiers, lots of shooting, ­shouting, chasing and wise-cracking.

Good lessons/bad lessons: Respect your elders, and respect those ancient curses that seem to unleash all heck every time you utter them.

Violence: Not quite non-stop, but almost. Very graphic for a PG-13.

Language: A bit of profanity.

Sex: A wink here, an innuendo there.

Drugs: Alcohol is consumed for comic effect.

Parents' advisory: Entirely too violent for 10-and-unders, but if you're the sort of parent who dragged Junior to The Dark Knight ....

"Swing Vote'

Rating: PG-13 for language.

What it's about: A middle school girl convinces her drunken slouch of a dad to vote, and he becomes the man who decides a presidential election.

The Kid Attractor Factor: A kid co-stars, and kids love movie civics ­lessons, right?

Good lessons/bad lessons: Every vote counts, but if you aren't paying attention to the issues, maybe not voting isn't a bad thing.

Violence: None.

Language: Jarring bits of profanity that might be appropriate to the story but don't match the family tone of the movie.

Sex: None.

Drugs: Budweisers are consumed, with cocktails.

Parents' advisory: Were it not for the language and (non-sexual) adult themes, this cinematic civics lesson would be very good family fare — funny, and ­educational.