As in The Wedding Party, Ali Baba appeared not to have received the memo that his character, Chief Coker, is supposed to be a Millionaire (possibly Billionaire) oil magnate and not a caricature of his comic persona. It was grating watching him portray a supposed oil magnate like a version of Frank Doga’s Harrison dressed in more expensive threads.
As Chief Onwuka, the only thing remotely Igbo about Richard Mofe-Damijo’s portrayal of the character is his Igbo name and costume. Ireti Doyle again nailed her ice queen and uppity Obianuju Onwuka but it would be nice to see her portray a non-ice queen and uppity character someday.
Sola Sobowale as usual over acted her Tinuade Coker but in one scene provided the movie’s only truly endearing emotional moment. Real life couple and stars of The Wedding Party, Adesuwa and Bankole Wellington’s Dunni and Dozie were reduced to mere bit players with nothing meaningful to contribute.
As the movie’s central focus, Enyinna Nwige’s and Daniella Down’s Nonso and Deidre could not save this floundering sequel’s pointlessness. Whilst they shared a believable chemistry (more thanks to Brown’s endearing and charming naiveté), they lacked the pull of the Wellingtons’ Dunni and Dozie (more thanks to Etomi’s intensity and passion) in The Wedding Party.
Patience Ozokwor’s gratingly annoying Ada Onwuka should have been left out of the movie as should have Saka’s, chigurl’s, Elenu’s, Seyi Law’s and most especially, Ay’s lackluster and utterly pointless cameos.
Destination Dubai was an expensive but pointless sequel. Unlike its predecessor, it was unable to parlay a basic and uninspired script into a mildly watchable movie. Much like destination weddings, it was more about flash than substance. If both movies were to be a couple, the floundering pointlessness of the sequel would be a certifiable ground for divorce.
-Medium.com
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