★★★★ – Guardian. Spike Lee’s new joint is based on Kurosawa’s 1963 film High and Low, and stars Denzel Washington as a music mogul targeted in a ransom plot.

"★★★★ – Spike Lee and Denzel Washington remake Kurosawa in fine style" – Guardian

★★★★ – Telegraph

Spike Lee’s new joint is based on Kurosawa’s 1963 film High and Low, and stars Denzel Washington as music mogul David King. When King is targeted in a ransom plot, he finds himself in a life-or-death moral dilemma.

A gripping neo-noir thriller played out across the streets of modern New York City, Highest 2 Lowest marks the fifth collaboration between Denzel and Spike.