A new Spike Lee joint is always a reason to celebrate, and Highest 2 Lowest certainly meets the lofty expectations that accompany it. Marking Lee’s fifth collaboration with Denzel Washington , the film is a reinterpretation of the Akira Kurosawa masterpiece High and Low , itself adapted loosely from Evan Hunter’s 1959 novel King's Ransom . The movie follows Washington’s music executive, David King, whose son gets kidnapped alongside his best friend, sending David on a mission to fight for his family's survival. It’s a thrilling ride with an eclectic cast that includes Jeffrey Wright , former NBA player Rick Fox, and rapper A$AP Rocky.

Highest 2 Lowest also continues Lee’s knack for nurturing new, emerging talent (both in film, like casting Teyonah Parris in 2015’s Chi-Raq

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