Starting with the positives, I think it's great to see Eddie Murphy back doing a comedy as it's become rare to see him doing any sort of film, let alone a comedy. He still has his onscreen charisma and charm.
I also think this will bring a lot of nostalgia for the fans of the first film as there's some nice callbacks.
Unfortunately I had a lot of problems with this film so it's time to talk about the negatives and the big problem with this film is it doesn't feel like a sequel to a over 30 year old film. This feels like a generic throwaway comedy and that is really disappointing to me. Take a film like Bad boys for life that so many people has no faith in and turned out to be the best of the franchise and one of the best films of last year, this film should have been on the same track as the original but doesn't come close.
It also feels like there was two films planned but a third wasn't likely so they squeezed two movies of plot into it. You have the story of Akeem looking for his son which feels really rushed and badly written and you have the story of his son following in his father's footsteps which also feels rushed and has moments that doesn't feel earned.
And whilst I did like some callbacks, I'm not going to spoil them but there's too many moments where it feels like it's retreading the first film and it has some odd flashback sequences that are overly long and feels like the director didn't think people would watch the first film so inserted scenes to help them understand this films storyline.
And I could forgive all of this issues if this film made me laugh at least a little bit. Nope! I didn't think it was funny at all. All the jokes fell really flat for me or had me rolling my eyes. The new cast aren't funny, slightly annoying and feel like they're doing an SNL parody for a sequel.
Overall whilst I wasn't a massive fan of the first film, it's far more superior than this attempt for a comedy sequel and it's really disappointing for Eddie Murphy.
⭐⭐
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