The “bastard son,” as Akeem keeps calling him, is Lavelle ( Jermaine Fowler), a 31-year-old trying to make his way in the world. If you don’t think this is gonna inspire a million thinkpieces, I have a barbershop in Queens I’d like to sell you. Mary gets Akeem so high he can’t remember what happened to him and voila, the instant heir nobody knew about/plot device is born. Semmi ( Arsenio Hall) meets Mary Judson ( Leslie Jones) and her friend at this club and, in an attempt to sleep with the friend, drags an inebriated Akeem back to Mary’s place. The filmmakers retrofit this into the original’s narrative by re-editing that awesome nightclub scene, the one with MC Peaches and that woman who worshipped the Devil. And a comedy might be in trouble if you’re spending half of it wondering if a character has been sexually assaulted.Īs the trailers tell you, Prince Akeem has a son he never knew about in America. There’s another against-all-odds love story, but this time, the lovers are far less interesting and charismatic than Akeem and Lisa ( Shari Headley).
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A sense of familiarity is often enough to keep the movie coasting on a sea of goodwill, but some of the plot ideas are bound to raise a few eyebrows and lower a few eyelids. Blaustein and David Sheffield team up with Kenya Barris to hit the same plot beats that made the first film so much fun.
Director Craig Brewer does the film no favors by flashing back to clips from the original, and screenwriters Barry W. Because even if you enjoy this completely unnecessary trip back to Zamunda, “Coming 2 America” cannot compete with its predecessor. Just know that, once you pay, you will only be disappointed by everything else if you are a fan of the original film. Carter’s costumes are worth the price of admission.
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