Spike Lee Breaks Down the End of 'Highest 2 Lowest'

Legacy over Clout: Spike Lee’s Kurosawa Remix

Spike Lee’s ‘Highest 2 Lowest’ is a Brooklyn riff on Akira Kurosawa’s ‘High and Low.’ Lee isn’t trying to one-up Kurosawa. He uses the classic as scaffolding to build his own New York remix.

Spike Lee and Denzel Washington Team Up for Highest 2 Lowest: 6 Critic Reviews

Major publications offer mixed verdicts on the director’s Kurosawa-inspired crime thriller starring Denzel Washington Nearly two decades after their last collaboration, Spike Lee and Denzel Washington have reunited for “Highest 2 Lowest,” a contemporary reimagining of Akira Kurosawa’s 1963 masterpiece “High and Low.” The film marks the fifth partnership between the iconic filmmaker and the two-time Oscar winner, following their previous collabor…

Spike Lee Breaks Down the End of 'Highest 2 Lowest'

Warning: This story contains spoilers for Highest 2 Lowest. Highest 2 Lowest, Spike Lee’s latest film, marks his fifth collaboration with fellow Oscar winner Denzel Washington, and their first film together in 19 years, after 2006’s Inside Man. The film is “not a remake, but a reinterpretation,” Lee is careful to clarify, of Akira Kurosawa’s 1963 masterpiece High and Low, itself an adaptation of Evan Hunter’s novel King’s Ransom. Lee’s film move…

Denzel Washington Hilariously Steals A$AP Rocky's Watch Mid-Interview

Source: Kristy Sparow / Getty Denzel Washington, A$AP Rocky, and Spike Lee have been on a media tour promoting Highest 2 Lowest lately, which has led to several hilarious mid-interview moments between the three creatives, and even a proper Dallas Cowboys lashing by Washington. The roasting and good vibes continued on an episode of GQ’s Epic Conversations when the trio was talking about a scene from He Got Game, the 1998 sports flick with Washing…