I
’m definitely not in the crowd that feels that Eddie Murphy has diminished a classic by making a cash-grab sequel with
Coming 2 America. However, a big part of my reason for feeling that way is that I think that the original
Coming to America is a self-indulgent and stupid vanity piece that had a few mildly memorable moments, but it was never a good film. And it has aged about as well an open can of spam.
In the imaginatively titled
Coming 2 America, Prince Akeem of Zamunda (Murphy) is summoned before his dying father (
James Earl Jones) to discuss the issue of the passing of the crown and the concern that Akeem, the father of three daughters, has no male heir, or so he believes. The King and his shaman, Baba (
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Coming 2 America Is Watchable And Bland, But We Already Knew That
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MPAA Rating: PG-13
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Coming 2 America is finally here. It only took a little over 30 years for the sequel to 1988’s Coming to America to reach us and, to be honest, I was a little skeptical before watching it. Sequels such as Dumb and Dumber To and Zoolander 2 have shown that when you wait too long to make a comedy sequel, the magic that made the original so funny…is gone. Well I’m happy to say that even though this isn’t as good as the first film, it is still a worthy sequel and I enjoyed every minute of it.
‘Coming 2 America’ Just Wants to Be Liked
The greatest trick of the original film is the way that it played like an inside joke, a quality the sequel is noticeably lacking
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In the second act of
Coming 2 America, the now–King Akeem’s recently discovered and hastily incorporated son, Lavelle (Jermaine Fowler), chats among the thickets of the royal garden with his hairdresser and love interest, Mirembe (Nomzamo Mbatha). They’re talking about the differences between America and Zamunda, the fictional African country that Lavelle is next in line to lead. Their pace and discussion meanders before landing on the topic of American filmmaking. “What do we have besides superhero shit, remakes, and sequels to old movies nobody asked for?” Lavelle asks.