CactusJack2222

I guess the name of the movie Highest 2 Lowest is a pun on how "good" the movie is, a little high (Denzel and Jeffery's dramatic acting) and A LOT of LOWS (the entire script and poor acting from most of the cast). After watching the original movie High and Low by Akira Kurosawa I was intrigued to check out this remake by Spike Lee but gotta say I'm very disappointed in how far this movie falls short of Kurosawa's classic. In all honesty I don't believe Spike was the right person to even direct such a remake and instead I believe this movie should've been directed by someone like Scorsese who would've made the film the action thriller it should've been instead of this confusing mess that Spike Lee made. I'll rate this movie a 5 out of 10 due to the simple fact that the script is horrible despite Denzel Washington and Jeffery Wright carrying the movie, everyone else seemed like rookie actors who made the movie feel like a made for BET or Lifetime movie. I also have no idea why this movie went over 2 hours, lol I felt compelled to walk out the theater from being so underwhelmed for how cringeworthy the last 10 - 20 minutes of this movie became. I actually would've been more favorable towards this movie had it been shorter, like probably giving this a 6/10 but it just went on for far too long and quickly became a trainwreck to watch, it seemed as if Spike didn't even know how he wanted to end the movie so instead he prolonged it with unnecessary scenes. I believe this movie should've been released directly on Apple TV instead of having a short theatrical run.

After hearing so many great things about this movie I decided to check it out and I went in expecting to be blown away but ended up being bored for most of the movie. Much of the movie was dialogue that introduced you to all the characters and the excitement/ action finally came towards the end when the vampires show up. Would love to really give this movie a great rating but just can't because this movie was overall (dare I say) BORING. The ending was not so good either and felt anticlimactic, leaving me saying in my head "that's it???". Coogler's best movies (at least for me) are still the Creed franchise because this movie just fell flat for me and was certainly not as good as people are making it out to be.

This movie is a lot better than what I anticipated considering that the last two were bad I expected the same for this, but boy was I wrong! They've done a good job with balancing humor, storytelling and the bloody gory deaths that we all love about the franchise and I believe if you're a fan of the franchise then you'll like this movie. I personally feel this may be the 3rd best movie in the franchise overall and I personally have them rated from best to worst as:

Final Destination 1 (best in franchise), Final Destination 2, Final Destination 6, Final Destination 3, Final Destination 5, Final Destination 4 (worst in franchise)

I'm actually impressed how they actually brought new life to this franchise after the last two were not so good, but this was a pretty good movie overall. If you're a fan of Final Destination then I personally recommend you see it!