Highest 2 Lowest Review, Jaws Review, Weapons Feedback (#1029)

Filmspotting

Adam Kempenaar & Josh Larsen

Tv & Film, Film History, Film Reviews

4.6 • 4.2K Ratings

🗓️ 29 August 2025

⏱️ 148 minutes

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Summary

For their fifth collaboration, HIGHEST 2 LOWEST, Spike Lee and Denzel Washington reimagine Akira Kurosawa’s 1963 masterpiece “High and Low.” Adam and Josh review the film coming to Apple TV+ Sept. 5. Plus, spoiler feedback for Zach Cregger’s WEAPONS, Massacre Theatre, and revisiting the show’s 2020 Sacred Cow review of JAWS. This episode is presented by ⁠Regal Unlimited⁠, the all-you-can-watch movie subscription pass that pays for itself in just two visits. (Timecodes and chapter starts may not be precise with ads.) Intro (00:00:00-00:01:59) Highest 2 Lowest (00:02:00-00:47:59) 20th Anniversary Messages (00:48:00-00:54:43) Weapons Spoilers Feedback (00:54:44-01:25:12) Notes (01:25:13-01:30:16) Massacre Theatre (01:30:17-01:40:53) Jaws at 50 (01:40:54-02:17:57) Credits / New Releases (02:17:58-02:25:24) Links: “How to Watch Jaws in Theaters for Its 50th Anniversary” https://www.nbc.com/nbc-insider/how-to-watch-jaws-in-theaters-for-50th-anniversary Feedback: -Email us at ⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠. -⁠⁠Ask Us Anything⁠⁠ and we might answer your question in bonus content. Support: -Join the Filmspotting Family for bonus episodes and archive access. ⁠⁠http://filmspottingfamily.com⁠⁠ -T-shirts and more available at the Filmspotting Shop. ⁠https://www.filmspotting.net/shop⁠ Follow: ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/filmspotting⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://letterboxd.com/filmspotting⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://facebook.com/filmspotting⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://twitter.com/filmspotting⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://letterboxd.com/larsenonfilm⁠⁠ https://www.instagram.com/larsenonfilm https://bsky.app/profile/larsenonfilm.bsky.social Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Film spotting is presented by Regal Unlimited, the all-you-can-watch movie subscription pass that pays for itself in just two visits.
0:07.1	Sign up now in the Regal app or at the link in the show description and use code FilmSpot 25.
0:12.3	That's Film Spot 25 to receive your discount.
0:19.5	What kind of a show are you guys putting on here today?
0:22.4	You're not interested in art?
0:23.5	No.
0:24.0	No, look, we're going to do this thing.
0:25.3	We're going to have a conversation.
0:28.6	From Chicago, this is Film Spotting, celebrating our 20th year.
0:32.4	I'm Adam Kempinard.
0:33.6	And I'm Josh Larson.
0:35.1	I got to feed the street, my lady, and a newborn kid, and I ain't trying to go back and do
0:39.9	another big day.
0:41.4	I know what it is to risk everything you have for something that you want.
0:44.9	I know what that means to have nothing and want everything.
0:49.1	What is that?
0:50.2	In Spike Lee's highest to lowest, Denzel Washington is a powerful record executive whose life is upended by a kidnapping.
0:57.8	Currently out in limited release, the film comes to Apple TV Plus in September.
1:02.2	We've got a review, plus some weapons feedback with spoilers, and Jaws at 50.
1:08.1	That and more.
1:09.0	For that, you get the head, the tail, the whole damn thing.
1:14.3	Ahead on film spotting.
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