Rated 4.3 out of 5: 60 years later, this masterpiece deserves a remake with Denzel Washington and Spike Lee

Their association produced several cinematic masterpieces in the 90s. Spike Lee and Denzel Washington made 4 classic films together, including the biopic Malcolm X and the college basketball drama He Got Game. Denzel also starred in Mo’ Better Blues in 1990. Their last collaboration was in the 2006 heist film Inside Man.

A legendary tandem

After 18 long years, their duo prepares to reunite during the remake of Akira Kurosawa’s film Between Heaven and Hell. This 1963 Japanese feature film tells the story of a man working in a shoe factory who is faced with the kidnapping of his son. However, a series of coups will question the moral sense of the latter…

According to DeadlineProduced by Apple and A24 (Iron Claw) studios, the film is set to shoot next month, while Gladiator 2 has just finished filming. Denzel Washington will then go on to star in Netflix’s Hannibal, directed by another of his favorite directors, Antoine Fuqua.

Spike Lee, the iconic film director and the jury of the Cannes Film Festival in 2021 (he gave the Palme d’Or to Titan), returns 4 years after the release of his last film Da 5 Bloods. The work released on Netflix in 2020 tells the story of 4 African-American veterans. The latter return to Vietnam to find the remains of their leader and a hypothetical buried treasure.

Two men, 4 Oscars

Between Heaven and Hell will first be released in theaters before coming to the Apple TV+ platform. No release date has been announced at this time. Note that Spike Lee won the 2019 Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for BlackKkKlansman. In 2015, he already brought that trophy home; The Academy awarded him an honorary Oscar.

As for Denzel Washington, he received 10 Oscar nominations, winning the legendary statue twice: Best Supporting Actor for Glory in 1990 and Best Actor for Training Day in 2002.