Coming 2 America 7/10
Spoilers comin'. A few days ago L. and I watched Coming 2 America. I had not watched the original in years but remember really liking it and the crazy amount of memorable characters and quotes. While I did like this movie and it had some really funny parts and surprising cameos there were some things I did not enjoy which I'll get to. On Prince Akeem's 30th wedding anniversary his father King Jaffe Joffer lets him know that he knows he'll be dying soon and that he still has not had a boy to take over for him as prince. Akeem has three daughters. This gross old shaman reveals that Akeem has another child, a boy, that he does not know about. It turns out that Semmi set him up years ago and they went on a date and Akeem was fucked by what he thought was a wild animal and turns out to be a woman. So yeah. He has a kid. Akeem also needs to make peace with the nearby nation or there will be war and his oldest daughter does not want to marry this weird ass dude.
The slowest parts of this movie are when Akeem's son Lavelle is on screen. I didn't think he was interesting at all and looked absolutely nothing like his mother or father. Like...nothing. I wish they had gone with a comedian that was really funny for the part. Hell, Desus from Desus And Mero would have been perfect. Even someone like Kevin Hart. All of the characters from the original that showed up had me dying laughing and I wanted more of them. They brought back the most obscure characters and just when I thought they were done more would show up. If you liked the original movie chances are you'll like this one. If you have not seen the original this movie will make close to no sense. This is on Amazon.
Eddie Murphy as Prince/King Akeem Joffer
Arsenio Hall as Semmi
Jermaine Fowler as Lavelle Junson
Leslie Jones as Mary Junson
Tracy Morgan as Reem Junson
KiKi Layne as Princess Meeka Joffer
Shari Headley as Queen Lisa Joffer
Wesley Snipes as General Izzi
Teyana Taylor as Bopoto Izzi
James Earl Jones as King Jaffe Joffer
Bella Murphy as Princess Omma Joffer
Akiley Love as Princess Tinashe Joffer
John Amos as Cleo McDowell
Louie Anderson as Maurice
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