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Review: Coming 2 America
Terminator 2,
Caddyshack II,
Van Wilder: The Rise of Taj. Most sequels are high risk and low reward.
Coming 2 America is the latest Hollywood classic to go through the sequel machine. 30+ years after the
Coming to America, Akeem (Eddie Murphy) and Semmi (Arsenio Hall) are back in Queens in search of Akeem’s son Lavelle (Jermaine Fowler).
A lot of the original cast has returned – John Amos, Louis Anderson, Shari Headley, and James Earl Jones. The newcomers include Leslie Jones as Mary (Lavelle’s mother), Tracy Morgan (Lavelle’s uncle), Wesley Snipes as General Izzi (leader of Nextdoria), Teyana Taylor (Izzi’s daughter), Nomzamo Mbatha (the royal groomer),and Kiki Layne as Princess Meeka (Akeem’s daughter who wants to be heir to the throne).