
Reviews — Highest 2 Lowest
Audience write-ups from TMDB
Chandler Danier
Denzel is fantastic. Spike Lee’s a legend, definitely. A24 usually hits it out of the park. Kurosawa...his films have an undeniable legacy. ASAP Rocky also delivers a strong performance. Apple, they're obviously a massive corporation; some might even say the top one. The film begins with two minutes of footage from what seems like someone’s irritating New York trip. It’s about older people and their gadgets—a Spik…
Brent Marchant
Spike Lee's filmography includes both acclaimed works like "Do the Right Thing" (1989), “Malcolm X” (1992), “She’s Gotta Have It” (1986), “BlacKkKlansman” (2018) and “Da 5 Bloods” (2020), and less successful ones, such as "Chi-Raq" (2015), “Red Hook Summer” (2012) and “Bamboozled” (2000). It's unusual for his films to land squarely in the middle ground, but that’s where his latest film, a reimagining of the 1963 Japa…
Chris Sawin
Highest 2 Lowest serves as Spike Lee’s modern reimagining of Akira Kurosawa's 1963 film High and Low, which itself was inspired by a 1959 novel. The story centers on David King (Denzel Washington), a music mogul who made his fortune with what he considered the best ear in the business. He founded Stackin’ Hits Records, a significant label for Black artists during the early 2000s. Now living in a luxurious penthous…


