Lewis Teague directs Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner and Danny DeVito in this African bound action -comedy sequel. 

A fast cash in, that really shouldn’t work (our leads are already in love) and is noticeably less well made… Yet somehow gets away with it. Hacky Alligator director Teague may lack the instinctual behind camera mastery of Zemeckis but he can put the camera in the right place for an explosion or a gag. It all does feel a little bit bigger and a considerable bit louder. What Jewel suffers from is not less caring hands behind the wheel but a poor choice of route taken. Keeping Joan and Jack apart for much of the running time does hobble the middle act. But once we are all back together we get an achingly 80s jet chase where no one knows how to take off but the weapons are easy enough to fire, a hilariously mismatched fistfight against a Nubian tribe’s prince, some fireside smooching and a dangle over a bottomless pit with romantic apologies and proposals. More than enough to sate a fan of this type of thing all before Billy Ocean kicks in on the stereo to send you off with a massive grin on your face. Again.

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