A reimagining of Akira Kurosawa’s classic 1963 film High and Low, the trailer to Spike Lee’s Highest 2 Lowest paints a picture of a thrilling crime drama that takes place in the midst of New York’s Hip-Hop culture while giving us a new nickname for the blicky, “Jake From State Farm” i.e. insurance. That was a hella clever line.

Spike Lee transplants Akira Kurosawa's 1963 classic 'High and Low' to modern New York City in the first trailer for 'Highest 2 Lowest,' his fifth and perhaps last collaboration with Denzel Washington.

Denzel Washington and Spike Lee have reunited for the tense kidnapping thriller 'Highest 2 Lowest,' which is loosely based on an Ed McBain novel.