I rewatched the first one yesterday, just to set up the mood for this one and maybe to compare them both a bit easier. There's no question about it, the original was better. In this sequel, which has its moments, there is just too much dancing and singing. It looks like they tried to get as much as possible famous music artists to collaborate in this sequel. Now, not all the music scenes were bad, there was clearly some good choreographer appointed for those scenes, but at one point it looked more like a try-out for America Got Talent than a movie. The story is a bit similar to the first one, just the basics and then they added some new scenes. Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall both still play four different characters and they did a decent job with that. I watched Coming 2 America, had some mild fun, but I can't help to have that feeling afterwards that this movie wasn't really necessary to make. Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall did age well though, with 33 years between the two movies they didn't change that much.
Review of Coming 2 America
