The reinterpretation of Akira Kurosawa’s masterful 1963 police procedural about an abduction and ransom plot also stars Jeffrey Wright and A$AP Rocky.

"I think this is it," Lee said of "Highest 2 Lowest," his fifth and perhaps final film with the "Training Day" star.

Spike Lee and Denzel Washington have walked a long road together. The director and actor’s collaboration has run for 35 years, starting with “Mo’Better Blues” and including the seminal “Malcolm X.” But one thing they’ve never done is ascend the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival as comrades in arms.