Coming 2 America Movie Review: Nowhere to Go

Updated On: 06 March, 2021 09:54 AM IST | Mumbai | Johnson Thomas

John Landis’ hit 1988 comedy, showcased Zamunda as a fictional African country untouched by colonialism, and celebrated ‘pure’ Black culture through fashion, music and dance. The jokes were memorable and the joi-de-vivre contagious. This sequel takes the story forward but it also loses out on the clear-cut essence of the original.

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Coming 2 America
Cast: Eddie Murphy, James Earl Jones, Arsenio Hall, Jermaine Fowler, Shari Headley, Teyana Taylor, Michael Blackson, Louie Anderson
Director: Craig Brewer
Rating: **

It’s been thirty years since Prince Akeem (Eddie Murphy) first came to America, and the interim while having lent immortality to that specific of comedy doesn’t appear to have had any growth in terms of creativity. Murphy and company are back but their arrival on screen is not necessarily a thing of great joy.

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