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62 Years Later, Spike Lee is Remaking an Iconic Crime Thriller

Dais Johnston

created: May 6, 2025, 4:51 p.m. | updated: May 12, 2025, 12:37 p.m.

Now, High and Low, another movie from Kurosawa’s illustrious filmography, is getting a remake titled Highest 2 Lowest, from one of the most acclaimed directors working today: Spike Lee. From the first teaser, it’s clear that Lee’s trademark style shines through in the film anchored by Denzel Washington. Can you handle everything that there is in between?”Toshiro Mifune in Akira Kurosawa’s 1963 movie High and Low. It’s also not even the first time Spike Lee has adapted a non-English thriller: in 2013, he remade Park Chan-wook’s Oldboy. Highest 2 Lowest premieres in theaters on August 22 and streams September 5 on Apple TV+.

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