Coming 2 America

The sequel to the 1988 hit is not without its problems, but it's still mostly fun.

It's lazy, barrel-scraping cinema at its worst.

Long live the king of Zamunda -- and a beat you can groove to.

As a relic of 1980s comedy, Coming to America holds up better than most... And so it's with a heavy heart that I report that the sequel, Coming 2 America, is deeply, embarrassingly bad.

It's fine, not great but not bad. The fact that its a softer, more inclusive movie is exactly right for it...

The sort of belated sequel that barely pretends to be more than an exercise in nostalgia.

Coming 2 America spends too much time revisiting jokes and characters from the original without establishing new ones.

It ends up being an entertaining enough nostalgia trip that revisits some great comic characters from the past. Even if they aren’t as roundly funny as before, simply seeing them 30 years later is a joy in itself.

Murphy and Hall are game, but the laughs simply aren't there.

At one point, Lavelles love interest Mirembe (Nomzamo Mbatha) derides sequels that no-one asked for if something is good, why ruin it? As the blooper filled credits roll, those hoping for another classic might be asking themselves the same thing.