Highest 2 Lowest

...Spike Lee’s deliriously entertaining — if jarringly upbeat — “Highest 2 Lowest” modernizes the post-war anxieties of Akira Kurosawa’s “High and Low” for the age of parasocial relationships.

...a thriller worthy of Denzel Washington.

It’s a fun remake of great Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa’s 1963 crime thriller High And Low.

...an exceptional piece of personal filmmaking that might be Lee’s most energetic film since “Inside Man.”

...an extravagant, entertaining ride where Lee's cinephile passions and Washington's charisma collide in a symphony of fire and flair.

Spike Lee has made a brash, bold, big-city movie with this pulsing New York adventure that doubles as a love letter to NYC’s sports and its music.