![]() As opposed to the other impersonations, which seemed to lampoon the stereotypes of Queens’ Black community in jest, Baba doesn’t share the same lovable origins. A plot device who tells Akeem he has a “bastard son” living in Queens, Baba is a massive miss. Randy Watson, with a new addition to the cadre: Hall as the grotesque witch doctor Baba. ![]() They include the roast-session barbershop employees, the fraudulent preacher Reverend Brown, and the tone-deaf singer Mr. As with Coming to America, Murphy and Hall play additional characters while disguised with heavy prosthetics, makeup, and fat suits. Unfortunately, the later beats struggle to hit the same highs. ![]() And Jones and Murphy share a touching scene that unapologetically pulls at the heartstrings. An outlandish guest appearance from Morgan Freeman kills comedically. ![]() Throwback 1980s artists En Vogue and Salt-N-Pepa perform for Jaffe. Murphy and Hall rekindle their onscreen friendship, to endearing effect. Carter’s regal Afrofuturistic costumes are dazzling. In a film that mostly leans on random cameos in lieu of tightly crafted jokes - a strategy that quickly overstays its welcome - the funeral scene hits on every level. Blaustein and David Sheffield, rarely creates laugh-out-loud moments, except when King Jaffe decides to attend his own funeral. The script, written by Kenya Barris and Nutty Professor screenwriters Barry W. The older, less independent Akeem now must venture back to America with Semmi so they can retrieve his son Lavelle (Jermaine Fowler) and save their kingdom, Zamunda.Ĭraig Brewer, who previously directed Murphy on Dolemite is My Name, fashions Coming 2 America into a narratively thin and silly nostalgia trip that will appease older fans with a story that’s as much about rediscovering existing roots as planting new ones. Nevertheless, there is hope: During a drug-addled night 30 years ago in Queens, before he met Lisa, Akeem hooked up with a woman (Leslie Jones, leaning on her usual SNL shtick) and unwittingly fathered a child with her. With no grandson to rule in the future, the royal line precariously hangs in the balance. For a time, they’ve lived out a “happily ever after” ending.īut Akeem’s father, King Jaffe (James Earl Jones) is now dying, and he fears Akeem may be too weak of a leader to ascend to the throne. Taking place 30 years after Prince Akeem and his aide Semmi (Hall) first traveled to Queens, New York to find Akeem a bride, he and his wife Lisa (Shari Headley) now have three warrior daughters: Princess Tinashe (Akiley Love), Omma (Bella Murphy), and their oldest, Meeka (KiKi Layne). His beaming smile rejoins with Arsenio Hall, John Amos, Louie Anderson, the McDonald’s knockoff McDowell’s, and the cast’s charming impersonations, while new faces also enter the fold. The feel-good vibes of a recent hit permeate the comedian’s return as African crown prince Akeem. Much in the way 2020’s Bill & Ted Face the Music arrived with Keanu Reeves on a cultural upswing, Coming 2 America, the sequel to the 1980s comedy classic Coming to America, comes on the heels of Eddie Murphy’s triumphant turn in Dolemite Is My Name. It must take a lot of hard work to play multi characters film,and the hard work of Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall really pay off.They take a very unique idea for a film,play most of the characters in it,and the results are nothing short of hilarious.Murphy plays (among others), Prince Akeem of Zumunda.Akeem,discouraged with the arranged marriage tradition of his beloved country,seeks to find the true meaning of love in America.The typical fish out of water style here is worked to perfection by Murphy,as well as Hall.Also excellent are James Earl Jones(as always),and Madge Sinclair as King Jaffe and Queen Aoleon, Akeem's parents.Jones and Sinclair would later portray husband and wife again 6 years later,as the parents of Simba in The Lion King,a little trivia for those of you who may not have known.There is a clever tie-in involving Don Ameche and Ralph Bellamy,portraying their characters from another Murphy film,Trading Places.A unique story,great character acting and a great supporting cast make Coming to America great fun to watch.Let’s party like it’s 1989.
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