I consider myself to be above Jesus, Putin and Bezos after finding out I was the first person to take Jayden Tries: The Battle for Zero a spin.
As the sequel to "Jayden Tries 2: Save the World Again" (which I personally would give 7 stars in itself), Tries: Battle for Zero presents itself as something entirely new, which for a Jayden Tries Movie would seem rather worrying, but my fears were put to bed in an instant.
This... was just something totally out the blue. I'm going to try to be as blunt and realistic as I can here; so as a tone indication, none of what I'm about to say is merely ironic.
This movie is legitimately incredible.
Somehow, the mix of much better plot development, character building, relationships, editing, quality and all-round effort put into this one shows in an outstanding way. It takes the often humorous false-acting from the first two and combines it with an often genuinely compelling story.
This, of course, is no "Step-Brothers" or "Grown-Ups", but it certainly takes comedic elements from actual successful movies and combines them with the unique style of a Tries film and does wonders with it.
The characters this time around are much, much better. Only really Jayden was fully developed in #2. Alex was touched upon, but we never really got to know our characters, hence why #2 was typically more ironically enjoyable rather than for the care an audience should feel for the characters involved in the story.
Now, though, I can tell you that; "Evil" Jayden is the caring yet often presumptuous affiliate of "Evil" Alexia - a quick-witted yet often erratic younger girl. Jayden is the "leader" of his friends, taking them on wild journeys, Alex is the half-asleep, non-caring carry-along, Alexia is close to Jayden and often points her puns and rude humour toward him, and Alfie is a bumbling idiot. We love him, though.
There was also Sam and Leo, but they didn't have much development, which (among other reasons) leads me to believe they could play a larger role in a probable 4th installment.
I'd hate for this to go on for long, but I feel the works of Jayden and the world he's created is increasing in quality every entry, and I'd hate for something like this to go unnoticed.
10 Stars. Can't wait to see more, which I've good reason to believe there will be.
