
One of the most iconic pairings in movie history, Denzel Washington and Spike Lee are together again, reteaming for the 2025 new movie Highest 2 Lowest. With the movie, Lee is paying homage to one of his cinematic icons, as the movie is his own interpretation of Akira Kurosawa’s 1963 crime drama High and Low.
During a talk at a film festival in 2024, Lee said that while attending New York University film school he first got to see Kurosawa movies, which inspired him throughout his career. Specifically, he said how he took the three different perspectives presented in Rashomon and tweaked the idea for his breakout movie, She’s Gotta Have It.