Akira Kurosawa’s 1963 masterpiece “High and Low” – a gripping drama about class stratification, and morality, and whether the choices we make really matter – is the last movie that warrants a remake. But, for as much as Spike Lee’s new film “Highest 2 Lowest” follows almost the exact same structure as its inspiration, it’s amazing what a different voice, different context, and different intentions can do.

The bare bones of the story are roughly the same: Toshiro Mifune’s shoe company executive Kingo Gondo becomes David King (Denzel Washington), a record company mogul with “the best ears in the business,” planning to buy back his label Stackin’ Hits out from under those who want to sell it off. That plan is halted, however, when a kidnapper – an aspiring rapper named Yung Felon (A$AP Rocky

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