Wesley Snipes Had His Career Breakout in This Underrated Spike Lee Racially Charged Romantic Drama With an 80% on Rotten Tomatoes

For decades, Spike Lee's films have sparked hard-hitting conversations within established genres, subverting expectations. His upcoming crime thriller Highest 2 Lowest continues that trend by adapting a classic Akira Kurosawa film to reflect modern-day American themes of class and status. Such themes are not new territory for Lee, as he tackled them within the context of a romantic drama in 1991’s Jungle Fever.