Highest 2 Lowest

Based on Akira Kurosawas 1963 film High and Low, which was loosely based on the 1959 novel King Ransom by Ed McBain (the pen name of Evan Hunter), Highest 2 Lowest is Spike Lees modern-day reimagining. David King (Denzel Washington) is a music mogul making his fortune as having the best ears in the business. He established Stackin Hits Records, which was a huge record label for black artists in the early 2000s.

In the modern day, David lives in a penthouse suite overlooking all of New York City with his wife Pam (Ilfenesh Hidera) and 17-year-old son Trey (Aubrey Joseph). But he isnt on top of the music world like he once was. Hes on the verge of making a deal to buy back Stackin Hits, which David intends to continue the work hes done for...

Director Spike Lee is known for having made his share of fine films (Do the Right Thing (1989), Malcolm X (1992), Shes Gotta Have It (1986), BlacKkKlansman (2018) and Da 5 Bloods (2020), among others), as well as his share of misfires (Chi-Raq (2015), Red Hook Summer (2012) and Bamboozled (2000), to name a few), but rarely do his pictures fall squarely in the largely indistinguishable middle. Such is the case, however, with the filmmakers latest outing, a reinterpretation of the 1963 Akira Kurosawa Japanese crime thriller, High and Low (Tengoku to jigoku), a remake admittedly being a somewhat unusual production choice for this storied auteur. This is by no means a bad offering, but it is a puzzling one that is largely difficult to categoriz...

Denzel is the man. Spike Lee is a GOAT. A24 tends to be the bee's knees. Kurosawa...more GOATed film pedigree. ASAP Rocky also great. Apple ooooh they're a big company. Some could argue the best company...

This movie starts off with 2 minutes of some annoying prick's NY vacation footage. Old men and their technology. Spike Lee. You're just like Scorsese. Past due. Please stop making boring movies and maybe you'll get some of that attention again. Ride the wave. You invented this shit. Fuck you.