It is more than three decades since Eddie Murphy introduced Prince Akeem Joffer to the silver screen. And now the character is getting another outing, as a highly-anticipated sequel lands on Amazon Prime Video.
Coming To America 2 Review: Yesterday Once More With Eddie Murphy And Arsenio Hall
Coming To America 2 Review: Yesterday Once More With Eddie Murphy And Arsenio Hall
Coming To America 2 Review: Remake has the comforting feel of an old familiar fleece blanket that has frayed at the edges but nonetheless retains the power to generate warmth.
Coming To America 2: A still from the film. (courtesy YouTube)
Cast: Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall, Jermaine Fowler, Leslie Jones, Tracy Morgan, KiKi Layne, Shari Headley, with Wesley Snipes and James Earl Jones
Director: Craig Brewer
The long-awaited sequel to 1988 s
Coming To America inevitably rides on dollops of nostalgia. Working with the original cast and some big-name additions, the film evokes memories of a time long gone and yet holds on to the gung-ho, fairy-tale spirit of yore that propelled Eddie Murphy, at the height of his prowess and popularity, to produce and star in a comedy with an all-black ensemble that achieved box-offi
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Playing Tracy Jordan on
30 Rock, Tracy Morgan was given license to spoof a number of famous comedians, and Eddie Murphy is certainly a name on that list â poking fun at the star of
Nutty Professor (and, more notably,
Nutty Professor 2: The Klumps) with fake movies like
The Chunks and
The Chunks 2: A Very Chunky Christmas. This in mind, itâs funny to see them working side-by-side in the new film
Coming 2 America, but that very much speaks to the positive vibes between the two stars.
I spoke with Tracy Morgan during the virtual press day for
Coming 2 America last month in advance of its debut on Amazon Prime, and during our conversation I asked the actor if he ever got a sense of how Eddie Murphy felt about his work on
This is lazy, barrel-scraping cinema : Coming 2 America is SLAMMED by critics as a tired rehash of its beloved original with some calling out film s sexist and old-fashioned jokes
Coming 2 America, the sequel to Eddie Murphy s 1988 classic, was released on Thursday on Amazon Prime
Critics have slammed the film for being a tired rehash of the original
Some have called out the film s sexist and old-fashioned jokes
The Daily Mail s Brian Viner gave the film two stars, claiming it is rarely as funny as the original despite its returning cast, and called it a hit-and-miss sequel
In the film, Murphy who plays Prince Akeem travels to America after he finds out he has a son who was the product of a one-night stand