One of the most celebrated actor-director duos in the history of American cinema was reunited this week with the film Highest 2 Lowest<\/em><\/strong>. Guided by Spike Lee<\/strong> and led by Denzel Washington<\/strong>, it turned out to be their best-rated film ever, which is not an easy task when you consider that they have delivered classics like Malcolm X<\/em><\/strong> and Inside Man<\/em><\/strong> in the past.<\/p>\n Highest 2 Lowest<\/em> marked Apple’s second play of the year after the record-breaking success of the sports drama F1<\/em><\/strong>, which was staged by Joseph Kosinski<\/strong> and led by Brad Pitt<\/strong> and published by Warner Bros. In contrast, Highest 2 Lowest<\/em> is theatrically distributed by A24. The film is based on the Akira Kurosawa<\/strong> police proceedings High and Low<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n It is currently sitting with a "certified fresh" 90% score on the aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, where the consensus of the critics is: \u201cSpike Lee and Denzel Washington remix a classic with lively results in Highest 2 Lowest<\/em>, a boastful thriller that lovingly shows off New York City.\u201d The audience score for the film on RT is just as impressive at 89%. In her review, Therese Lacson<\/strong> from Collider wrote: "Lively, loud, and full of life, Highest 2 Lowest<\/em> is an optimistic film that represents a tonal shift from the original, but for the most part, thanks to Washington’s performance, it is a joy to see."<\/p>\n This film marks Lee and Washington’s first collaboration since Inside Man<\/em>, which debuted almost two decades ago and currently holds a score of 86% on Rotten Tomatoes. The other films from the duo include Malcolm X<\/em> (89%), Mo’ Better Blues<\/em><\/strong> (71%), and He Got Game<\/em><\/strong> (80%).<\/p>\n The Oscar-winning Lee has not had a theatrical film since 2018’s BlacKkKlansman<\/em><\/strong>, which grossed over $90 million worldwide compared to a reported budget of $15 million. In 2020, he released the epic adventure film Da 5 Bloods<\/em><\/strong> on Netflix, with a budget of around $40 million, making it one of Lee’s most expensive films. Washington, on the other hand, received widespread recognition for his supporting performance in last year’s Ridley Scott<\/strong>‘s Gladiator II<\/em><\/strong>, which grossed over $460 million worldwide. Highest 2 Lowest<\/em> will debut on Apple TV+ after its theatrical run.<\/p>\n Introduction to Highest 2 Lowest One of the most celebrated actor-director duos in the history of American cinema was reunited this week with the film Highest 2 Lowest. Guided by Spike Lee and led by Denzel Washington, it turned out to be their best-rated film ever, which is not an easy task when you consider<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19602,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-19601","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-film-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19601","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19601"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19601\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19603,"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19601\/revisions\/19603"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}The Film’s Background<\/h2>\n
Reception<\/h2>\n
The Duo’s Previous Works<\/h2>\n
Both Lee and Washington Are Coming Off Highly Acclaimed Works<\/h2>\n
Film Details<\/h2>\n
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