All $$ ain't good $$.
When a titan music mogul, widely known as having the "best ears in the business", is targeted with a ransom plot, he is jammed up in a life-or-death moral dilemma.
Highest 2 Lowest (2025) is a thriller, crime and drama film directed by Spike Lee, released on August 14, 2025 with a runtime of 2h 13m. It stars Denzel Washington, Jeffrey Wright, Ilfenesh Hadera and A$AP Rocky. Viewers rate it 5.5 out of 10 across 526 ratings.
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Denzel Washington
as David King
Jeffrey Wright
as Paul Christopher
Ilfenesh Hadera
as Pam King
A$AP Rocky
as Yung Felon
John Douglas Thompson
as Det. Earl Bridges
Dean Winters
as Det. Higgins
LaChanze
as Sgt. Bell
Aubrey Joseph
as Trey King
Elijah Wright
as Kyle Christopher
Michael Potts
as Patrick Bethea
Wendell Pierce
as Gabe
Princess Nokia
as Rosa Fuentas
Directed by Spike Lee, written by Akira Kurosawa, Eijiro Hisaita and Hideo Oguni, produced by Todd Black and Jason Michael Berman.
Average viewer score of 5.5/10 from 526 ratings.
Based on Akira Kurosawa’s 1963 film High and Low, which was loosely based on the 1959 novel King Ransom by Ed McBain (the pen name of Evan Hunter), Highest 2 Lowest is Spike Lee’s modern-day reimagining. David King (Denzel Washington) is a music mogul making his fortune as having “the best ears in the business.” He established Stackin’ Hits Records, which was a huge record label for black artists in the early…
Reviewed on August 12, 2025
Director Spike Lee is known for having made his share of fine films (“Do the Right Thing” (1989), “Malcolm X” (1992), “She’s Gotta Have It” (1986), “BlacKkKlansman” (2018) and “Da 5 Bloods” (2020), among others), as well as his share of misfires (“Chi-Raq” (2015), “Red Hook Summer” (2012) and “Bamboozled” (2000), to name a few), but rarely do his pictures fall squarely in the largely indistinguishable middle. Such…
Reviewed on August 24, 2025
Denzel is the man. Spike Lee is a GOAT. A24 tends to be the bee's knees. Kurosawa...more GOATed film pedigree. ASAP Rocky also great. Apple ooooh they're a big company. Some could argue the best company... This movie starts off with 2 minutes of some annoying prick's NY vacation footage. Old men and their technology. Spike Lee. You're just like Scorsese. Past due. Please stop making boring movies and maybe you'll…
Reviewed on September 7, 2025
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Highest 2 Lowest (2025) is available to stream on Apple TV and Apple TV Amazon Channel. Streaming availability is checked against JustWatch data and can change by region.
The main cast of Highest 2 Lowest (2025) includes Denzel Washington, Jeffrey Wright, Ilfenesh Hadera, A$AP Rocky and John Douglas Thompson. The film was directed by Spike Lee. You can see the full cast and crew list, with character names, further up this page.
Highest 2 Lowest was released on August 14, 2025 and runs for 2h 13m.
Highest 2 Lowest (2025) holds an average rating of 5.5 out of 10 from 526 viewer votes, and is a good pick if you enjoy thriller, crime and drama films. Read the viewer reviews on this page to decide for yourself.
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