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Eddie Murphy strikes while the iron is very, very cold in Coming 2 America Sequel to 1988 box-office hit tries to recapture the energy with similar casts, but the laughs are few and far between Author of the article: Chris Knight Publishing date: Mar 05, 2021  •  March 5, 2021  •  3 minute read  •  On the road again: Arsenio Hall (left) and Eddie Murphy in Coming 2 America. Photo by Quantrell D. Colbert / Amazon Reviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are independently selected. Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from purchases made through links on ...

A lot has happened in the 33 years since Coming to America hit theaters in 1988, just a few weeks before NWA’s single “Straight Outta Compton” became a phenomenon. Eddie Murphy is no longer the box office star that he was, and the America of today has a different kind of racial awareness than America in 1988. Murphy was then one of the biggest movie stars in America, with a string of hits under his belt, including the Trading Places and the Delirious and Raw. And while the mostly white critical establishment seemed baffled by Coming to America, a slapstick film about an African p...

Coming 2 America review: Should you stream the long-awaited sequel on Amazon Prime? Fri Mar 05, 2021 at 10:22am ET Eddie Murphy as Prince Akeem in Coming 2 America. Pic credit: Quantrell D. Colbert/Amazon Studios It’s been over 30 years since director John Landis and Eddie Murphy brought theater audiences the classic comedy Coming to America. That film to this day transcends comedy while giving a heartwarming tale of an immigrant looking for a soul mate. Now, Eddie Murphy has returned to the role of Prince Akeem with director Craig Brewer at the wheel. The duo were able to capture magic on ...

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Craig Lindsey March 3, 2021Updated: March 4, 2021, 7:23 am Paul Bates (left) returns in “Coming 2 America,” with newcomers Jermaine Fowler and Leslie Jones. Photo: Amazon Studios In the new film “Coming 2 America,” African American cast members from three eras of “Saturday Night Live” — Eddie Murphy, Tracy Morgan and Leslie Jones — appear onscreen together. And naturally, the trio occasionally chopped it up about their experiences on the long-running sketch show. “Yeah, we talked about that stuff,” Morgan told The Chronicle during a recent phone interview fro...