Coming 2 America is a 2021 American romantic comedy film that serves as a sequel to the 1988 film Coming to America starring Eddie Murphy and directed by Craig Brewer, from a screplay by Kya Barris, Barry W. Blaustein, and David Sheffield, and a story by Blaustein, Sheffield, and Justin Kanew, based on characters created by Murphy.
It co-stars Arsio Hall, Jermaine Fowler, Leslie Jones, Tracy Morgan, KiKi Layne, Shari Headley, Teyana Taylor, Wesley Snipes, and James Earl Jones.
Coming 2 America was the final film appearance of Louie Anderson before his death in 2022, reprising his role as Maurice from the first film.
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Originally to be theatrically released by Paramount Pictures, the film's distribution rights were sold to Amazon Studios because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Amazon released it digitally via Amazon Prime Video on March 4, 2021.
Coming 2 America received mixed reviews from critics. Like its predecessor, the film earned a nomination at the 94th Academy Awards for Best Makeup and Hairstyling.
On the 30th anniversary of his wedding with Lisa McDowell at the d of the first film, Prince Akeem of Zamunda is summoned before his dying father King Jaffe Joffer. Jaffe and his shaman Baba reveal to a baffled Akeem that he had sired a bastard son during his first visit to Ques, New York, many years ago, after his aide and long-time frid Semmi had ticed two wom into spding the night with them while Akeem was still searching for his future que, resulting in a tryst he did not remember. Realizing that Semmi is the one who asked one of wom to have sex and drugged him in the first place, Akeem briefly strangles Semmi. As Zamundian tradition demands that only a male successor can inherit the throne, and Akeem has fathered only daughters, he is forced to travel back to Ques to retrieve his son. If not, Zamunda could face a hostile takeover by Zamunda's militaristic neighbor nation Nexdoria, whose dictator, Geral Izzi (the brother of Imani, Akeem's original arranged bride-to-be), has be pushing for Akeem's eldest daughter Meeka to marry his foppish son, Idi.
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Following King Jaffe's funeral and Akeem's ascsion to the throne, he and Semmi return to Ques to find his illegitimate son, using a sketch Baba has provided. During a light-hearted reunion with the barbershop gang they bonded with years earlier, head barber Mr. Clarce recognizes the picture as Lavelle Junson, a ticket scalper who hustles outside of Madison Square Gard. After an awkward reunion with Lavelle's mother Mary, Akeem takes them back to Zamunda, much to his family's displeasure. Wh Geral Izzi learns of this, he drops by to introduce his daughter Bopoto to Lavelle as a last shot at laying claim to the throne of Zamunda, but in order to qualify as a royal prince, Lavelle first has to pass a series of traditional - and hazardous - tests.
Lavelle is at first highly reluctant to place himself in danger, but th bonds with Mirembe, a royal groomer, who tells him of Akeem's quest to find his que and courages him to follow his own path. Lavelle th invites his uncle Reem, Mary's streetwise brother, to Zamunda. He coaches him on how to bld his urban upbringing with his new royal status. Lavelle gradually develops an understanding with Akeem's family and, using his wits and some forced courage, he passes and is made Prince of Zamunda. However, at his accession party, Lavelle overhears a conversation betwe Akeem and Izzi which makes him believe that Akeem is just exploiting him, and he, Mirembe, Mary and Reem go back to New York. Upset at losing Mary, whom she has befrided, Lisa locks Akeem out of their bedroom. After a pep talk from his father-in-law Cleo, who reminds him of the late Que Aoleon's progressive mind, Akeem flies back to the States, while Semmi is left to stall Izzi, who intds to return the next day to either see Bopoto marry Lavelle or declare war.
Returning to Ques, Akeem finds that Lavelle and Mirembe are about to get married. Confronted by Lavelle and reminded of his own life story, he gives them his blessing and releases Lavelle from his marriage to Bopoto. Wh Mirembe expresses reluctance in the couple cutting all of their ties to Zamunda, Akeem offers to fly Mary's family back for a proper wedding. In the meantime, Semmi and the princesses, all trained staff fighters, fight off and subdue Geral Izzi wh he invades the palace, forcing him to try a more diplomatic approach. Upon his return home, Akeem changes the royal succession by allowing his daughter Meeka to ascd to the throne upon his death, while Lavelle is made an ambassador to the United States, and Geral Izzi has oped Nexdoria for a peaceful political and trading relationship with Zamunda. The film concludes with a grand party at the royal palace to celebrate Lavelle and Mirembe's marriage, including the barbers from Ques as special guests and a performance of the song We Are Family from Sexual Chocolate.
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In January 2017, an announcemt was publicized which addressed the impding production of a sequel to the original film, Coming to America. Kevin Misher was named as producer, and David Sheffield and Barry W. Blaustein, the original screwriters, were also attached to the project. However, a possible participation of lead actors Eddie Murphy and Arsio Hall was left undefined.
On January 11, 2019, it was announced that the sequel would be moving forward with Murphy reprising his role, and Craig Brewer as director (having previously worked with Murphy on the Netflix film Dolemite Is My Name).
Wesley Snipes signed on for a role in the film, later revealed to be Geral Izzi, the son of Colonel Izzi and older brother of Imani from the first film. Leslie Jones and rapper Rick Ross also joined the cast in undisclosed roles.
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Tracy Morgan, KiKi Layne, Luell, Rotimi, Teyana Taylor, and Michael Blackson were added to the cast, alongside returning actors Louie Anderson, Vanessa Bell Calloway, and Garcelle Beauvais.
Madge Sinclair, who played Akeem's mother Que Aoleon in the original film, died in December 1995; her character was not recast, but is featured in archive footage. In September 2019, Davido had be cast in a cameo role in the film.
In October 2019, Samuel L. Jackson, who briefly appeared in the original film, was confirmed to not be reprising his role in the sequel due to scheduling conflicts.
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In October 2019, Eriq La Salle stated that he will not reprise his role of Darryl Jks from the original film due to scheduling conflicts.
In February 2021, Murphy stated that if the character of Darryl Jks had returned, there could have be a romance with Patrice McDowell (portrayed by Allison Dean) due to the evts at the d of the original film.
On October 1, 2019, in an interview with Collider, Murphy confirmed that production on Beverly Hills Cop IV would commce after the filming of Coming 2 America has wrapped.
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The soundtrack also features other songs by various artists, including Big Sean, John Legd, Teyana Taylor, YG, Davido, Gladys Knight, Burna Boy, and Salt-N-Pepa.
Niels later reported that the film totaled 1.4 billion minutes-watched over its first week of release (equaling 1.27 million complete views of the film), the first time a Prime Original topped the company's charts.
On review aggregator Rott Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 49% based on 249 reviews with an average rating of 5.4/10. The website's critics conssus reads, Decades after its predecessor joked about the fine line betwe love and nausea, Coming 2 America reminds audices that there's an equally fine line betwe sequel and retread.
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On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 52 out of 100 based on 47 critics, indicating mixed or average reviews.
Cassie Da Costa of Vanity Fair reviewed the film unfavourably, writing that it is startling in its utter incompetce and uses half-baked internet-era discourse as a substitute for meaningful or ev tertaining cultural commtary.
Writing for The Guardian, critic Peter Bradshaw stated that the movie is as tired and middle-aged as Akeem [the leading character] himself.
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Peter Debruge of Variety said For the most part, Coming 2 America falls back on familiar punchlines, serving up nearly word-for-word repeats of amusing bits from the original, but they don't necessarily play the same in this context.
Melanie McFarland of Salon gave the film a favorable review, writing that it honors its predecessor and overcomes some of the original film's datedness, by utilizing more equitable comedy that skewers outdated patriarchal traditions.
Mick LaSalle of the San Francisco Chronicle praised Eddie Murphy's performance, saying, Wh he brings his dramatic capacities to comic roles, he's really at his best and most original. It's strange, these movies that create a warm feeling. It's hard to say why or how it feels like the summation of the three decades of virtuosic silliness that Murphy has brought to the scre, and of all that has meant to us.
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The film garnered controversy due to a sce that depicted a date rape towards an unconscious male in a humorous fashion with
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