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‘Highest 2 Lowest’: Spike Lee Remakes a Kurosawa Classic

Halfway through, ‘Highest 2 Lowest’ became riveting, but overall it’s sporadically entertaining, often boring, sometimes engrossing, and sometimes rather silly.
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‘Highest 2 Lowest’: Spike Lee Remakes a Kurosawa Classic
Denzel Washington in "Highest 2 Lowest." A24/Apple Original Films
Mark Jackson
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R | 2h 13m | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 2025

Successfully remaking master filmmaker Akira Kurosawa’s films is always a tall order. However, the original “Django” (a redo of “Yojimbo”) and “The Magnificent Seven” (“Seven Samurai”) show that it is possible to pull it off.
Mark Jackson
Mark Jackson
Film Critic
Mark Jackson is the chief film critic for The Epoch Times. In addition to film, he enjoys martial arts, motorcycles, rock-climbing, qigong, and human rights activism. Jackson earned a bachelor's degree in philosophy from Williams College, followed by 20 years' experience as a New York professional actor. He narrated The Epoch Times audiobook "How the Specter of Communism is Ruling Our World," available on iTunes, Audible, and YouTube. Mark is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved film critic.
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