Highest 2 lowest is a 2025 american neo-noir crime thriller film directed by spike lee. · highest 2 lowest is a reinterpretation of the akira kurosawa classic high and low. · spike lee’s ‘highest 2 lowest’ reinvents kurosawa in the canyons and subways of new york lee tells indiewire about his fifth collaboration with denzel washington, and the first since … · the movie—co-starring jeffrey wright, ice spice, and a$ap rocky and based on akira kurosawas 1963 classic high and low— opens next month at the cannes film festival. · spike lee reimagines a kurosawa classic with bold nyc energy in highest 2 lowest (2025) — a stylish, respectful tribute. And now, with the film set for cinemas and streaming, a24 and apple have dropped an. · spike lees remake of akira kurosawas 1963 crime thriller high to low had cannes film festival abuzz in may. · watch the electrifying trailer for spike lees highest 2 lowest, starring denzel washington in a thrilling reimagining of kurosawas high and low. · for his latest work, highest 2 lowest (screening out of competition at the 2025 cannes film festival), spike lee wants to honor the city of new york, and specifically brooklyn … Denzel washington plays the role of the wealthy patriarch, with the difference that here, the man is a music producer with a faltering career. · kurosawa’s psychological thriller explores social inequality by telling the story of a wealthy industrialist whose son has been kidnapped—or so he believes. Lee’s take involves a music-industry ransom plot that plays out on the streets of new york (and … · lee’s film is a new-york-state-of-mind twist on kurosawa’s scenario, originally based on a novel by ed mcbain and riven with tensions between the poor and rich. It is an english-language reinterpretation of akira kurosawa s 1963 japanese film high and low, itself loosely based on the 1959 novel kings ransom by ed mcbain (evan hunter).