User Reviews

The idea for this frenzy of a movie was essentially to pay homage to the original Movie Jayden made way back in 2016. Should we be rating it from that standpoint, then I believe it did its job. Extremely well, at that.

The film (if you can even call it that) retains the original's charm but has a clear difference in production quality, this one seemingly *purposely* bad rather than its predecessor, which was a rough attempt at filmmaking by an 11 year old. Literally.

However, personally I enjoyed Tries 2 very much. The plot was understandable, the music was well chosen, the shots were as badly filmed as the first one, and Jayden's ironic sense of humor really shows.

One issue I had was the lack of character development. It isn't explained who Evil Jayden is, nor his exact objective. It is explained that he was the one who sent the Game characters in the original, and that his intentions were to kill Jayden. The reasoning is unknown.

Jayden plays himself, so if youve watched his YouTube you'll likely understand his character. Alex was nicely portrayed as a returning hero, with his attitude to the film remaining as bleak as the first. As it goes, I freakin' love Alex.

Alfie and Keira - the new characters - appear only to exist as filler or plot progression. The end of the movie has an end credit scene which could lead us to believe these two could appear in the recently announced (if perhaps unnecessary) third entry.

Overall, Tries 2 is a fun blast from the rather embarrassing past for Jayden Tries. If you haven't seen the 2016 entry you may wanna watch it before this one. These movies can only be enjoyable ironically, but in a way that's what makes them unique.