Rough Cut 29: Highest 2 Lowest (2025)

Surprise! We're back with a brand new Rough Cut, this time on Highest 2 Lowest (2025), Spike Lee and Denzel Washington's 5th collaboration and their first in 19 years.

Highest 2 Lowest is a remake of the 1963 Akira Kurosawa film High and Low — both movies follow a rich businessman who deliberates paying the ransom when his chauffeur's son is kidnapped. Highest 2 Lowest also stars A$ap Rocky, Jeffery Wright, and Ilfenesh Hadera.

Spoilers everywhere, listen at your own risk! Our recommendations: Jungle Fever (1991), Malcom X (1992), Bamboozled (2000), High and Low (1963) Support the show with a Ko-fi! ko-fi.com/blackgirlfilmclub Check out the rest of our socials at linktr.ee/blackgirlfilmclub