Prince Akeem Joffer is set to become King of Zamunda when he discovers he has a son he never knew about in America – a street savvy Queens native named Lavelle. Honoring his royal father's dying wish to groom this son as the crown prince, Akeem and Semmi set off to America once again.
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Eddie Murphy
Prince Akeem / Clarence / Saul / Randy Watson
Arsenio Hall
Semmi / Morris / Reverend Brown / Baba
Jermaine Fowler
Lavelle Junson
Leslie Jones
Mary Junson
Tracy Morgan
Uncle Reem
KiKi Layne
Meeka
Shari Headley
Lisa
Wesley Snipes
General Izzi
James Earl Jones
King Jaffe Joffer
John Amos
Cleo McDowell
Director
Craig Brewer
Screenplay
Kenya Barris
Tagline
"A sequel is in the heir."
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
$60,000,000
Production
Paramount Pictures, New Republic Pictures, Eddie Murphy Productions, Misher Films
Wuchak
March 7, 2021
_**Fun reunion, but pales in comparison to the first movie**_ Three decades after the original film, Akeem (Eddie Murphy) discovers that he needs to go back to America with Semmi (Arsenio Hall). The principal cast members return with some new characters played by Jermaine Fowler, Tracy Morgan, Nomzamo Mbatha and KiKi Layne. “Coming 2 America” (2021) is nowhere near as good as the first movi...
tmdb28039023
August 28, 2022
Before it even begins, Coming 2 America already has five strikes. It integrates a number in its misleading title (most of the action takes place in Zamunda), it arrives three decades after the original, the plot revolves around a son that the protagonist did not know he had, its content has been sanitized to reach a wider public, and its stars are, albeit briefly, digitally de-aged. This means tha...
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