Lee’s updated take on Akira Kurosawa’s 1963 classic High and Low — adapted from Ed McBain’s pulpy 1959 crime novel — works within the same broad lines as both the book and the earlier movie. A rich man (in this case, music mogul David King, played by frequent Spike Lee collaborator Denzel Washington) faces personal and financial ruin when his son is kidnapped and held for ransom. But when it turns out the kidnappers actually grabbed his chauffeur's son instead, he has to decide whether he’s willing to destroy his career and abandon his dreams to save someone else’s child. In Highest 2 Lowest, though, there’s a new wrinkle — David also has to reckon with what social media thinks about him.

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