There’s also the matter of Akeem’s daughter, Meeka (a luminous KiKi Layne, not given enough screen time), who rightly deserves to be queen one day. So he brings Lavelle, a ticket scalper who aspires to much more, back to Zamunda, along with Mom.īut Lavelle needs to learn royal ways, and pass a “princely test” which includes facing down a lion. Akeem, who becomes king upon his father’s death, learns he unknowingly sired a son during that Queens trip three decades ago (it was Semmi’s fault!) He needs a male heir to cement his power. In this case, the need is not a bride, but a male heir. The plot follows a familiar trajectory, beginning in Zamunda and traveling to Queens to solve a major need. Among notable musical appearances, Gladys Knight sings “Midnight Train From Zamunda.” Another “Saturday Night Live” face, Colin Jost, makes the most of a brief cameo. Celebrity guests include a highly amusing Wesley Snipes as flamboyant General Izzi, leader of Nexdoria (next door) Tracy Morgan as Lavelle’s uncle and Jones as his uninhibited mother. And of course the My-T-Sharp barbershop crew is back in Queens.Ī new presence is the casually appealing Jermaine Fowler as Lavelle, Akeem’s previously unknown son. John Amos is back as Lisa’s dad, still ripping off McDonald’s. Also back: the stately James Earl Jones as King Jaffe Joffer Shari Headley as Lisa (a seriously underwritten role) and Louie Anderson as Maurice. So is Arsenio Hall, as trusty sidekick Semmi (and a bunch of other roles). Obviously Murphy is back, as producer and star.
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Especially because, despite the knowing references to urban gentrification, transgender offspring, Teslas and even unnecessary movie sequels, little has really changed. Still, just like we go to college reunions 30 years later to recapture the magic, fans of the first will flock to it on Amazon Prime. It has set pieces and choreography and de-aging technology and overlaying plot lines. Carter (an Oscar winner for “Black Panther”). It has seemingly everything - the original cast, some well-known newcomers, high-profile cameos - and eye-popping costumes by the great Ruth E. The bad news is that this sequel, despite (or perhaps because of) its nod to modern sensibilities, isn’t nearly as funny or edgy as the original. Murphy previously appeared in the Movieguide® Award-Nominated movies DREAMGIRLS, SHREK, SHREK 2, SHREK THE THIRD, and SHREK FOREVER AFTER and other family-friendly movies including IMAGINE THAT and DADDY DAY CARE.That’s the good news. So I had a little crossroads where it was like, It’s time to back off, and sit on the couch and just be Dad.”
I started making movies when I was 20, and I auditioned for SNL when I was 18, so that’s 40 years ago.
You got to have some kind of balance with career and personal life. I have 10 kids, and I’m present, and I’m part of their lives. “That’s the principal relationship, and everything comes after that. At the center of my life is my family and my kids,” Murphy told Vanity Fair in 2020. “My career, or what I am as an artist, that’s not at the center of my life. Murphy has spoken openly about how important his family is before.
My kids are so great, normal people - and nobody is like the Hollywood jerk kid.” I don’t have any like ‘Oh you are the one.’ I don’t have any of that.
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