True to the Game 2

It's so different from the book series, I was beyond excited to see part two, but i was slightly disappointed . I hope that they come up with a part 3 and its juicers!! Everything was OVERLY predictable...

The people that just GAVE up her personal info, REALLY.

I sat down to watch the 2020 thriller "True to the Game 2" here in 2022, as I had stumbled upon the movie by random chance. And with it being a movie that I hadn't already seen before, I opted to watch what writer Preston A. Whitmore II had to offer.

Granted, I haven't seen the first movie in this franchise, so I don't know how true this 2020 "True to the Game 2" was to the original movie. Nor do I know how much of part 2 is a continuation of part one, aside from the flashbacks throughout the course of the movie.

The storyline told in "True to the Game 2" was adequate. I mean, it was watchable, sure, but it wasn't exactly a riveting movie experience. And as for this being a thriller, well that might be stretching the term a bit, as there wasn't exactly much of anything exciting or thrilling taking place on the screen as the movie trotted on.

The acting performances in the movie were actually fair, and that helped carry the movie quite a long way, as the storyline itself wasn't all that impressive. It was nice to see Vivica A. Fox in the movie, and she was actually the only one in the movie that I was familiar with.

While I managed to sit through the entire movie, then director Jamal Hill didn't exactly churn out a movie that will have me returning to watch it a second time.

My rating of "True to the Game 2" lands on a less than average four out of ten stars.

One of my biggest issues with this series of films is the main character (Gena) is treated almost as a side character to the crime narrative. Her character isn't experiencing growth through a strong dramatic arc and continues to be involved in situations where things are happening to her rather than her making something happen herself. For what it was, it works decent enough as a crime thriller but isn't worth writing home about. The resolution felt rushed and had a number of implausible occurrences in it. Acting is again decent but nothing special. It's cool that there were fans of the first movie but there was an excess of unneeded celeb cameo appearances for me. Also, as with the predecessor, the film looks good from the technical standpoint. Well shot, edited, characters well styled, music blends quite well and is rarely overdramatic. Film sequels should open us up to new dimensions of the characters and their narrative inhabited universe and expand on the original. This doesn't do so at all. It just comes off as a cash grab for fans of the genre. If it's the type of films you're into, you could do worse than this one but also better. Much, much better.

I thought the second one was better than the first one. But I will say this the book will always be better regardless.