Highest 2 Lowest Review: Denzel Washington Is On Fire In Spike Lee's Crime Thriller - The Most Fun Movie He's Made In Years

In adapting Akira Kurosawa’s High and Low, Spike Lee somehow crafts his most fun film in years even though, at its center, the film is about a greedy, ego-driven music executive who gets wrapped up in a violent kidnapping plot. Kurosawa’s High and Low elegantly captures Japan’s post-war anxieties, but with Highest 2 Lowest, Lee uses the modern music industry to critique America’s capitalist grindset and toxic celebrity culture.