Highest 2 Lowest
"All $$ ain't good $$."
ThrillerCrimeDrama
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.
🎬 DirectorSpike Lee
📅 Release2025-08-14
🌍 CountryUnited States of America, Japan
🗣 LanguageEnglish, Spanish
🏢 StudioA24, 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks, Escape Artists
🗳 Votes448
🔥 Popularity7
💰 Budget$25,000,000
💵 Revenue$1,500,000
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🎭 Cast
Denzel Washington
David King
Jeffrey Wright
Paul Christopher
Ilfenesh Hadera
Pam King
Elijah Wright
Kyle Christopher
Aubrey Joseph
Trey King
A$AP Rocky
Yung Felon
John Douglas Thompson
Det. Earl Bridges
LaChanze
Sgt. Bell
Dean Winters
Det. Higgins
Wendell Pierce
Gabe
Michael Potts
Patrick Bethea
Frederick Weller
Alex Cordova
Rick Fox
Coach Rick Fox
Rod Strickland
Coach Rod Strickland
Rosie Perez
Rosie Perez
🎥 Crew
Executive Producer
Matthew Lindner
Director
Spike Lee
Executive Producer
Spike Lee
Co-Producer
Jordan Moldo
Executive Producer
Peter Guber
Producer
Todd Black
Executive Producer
Chris Brigham
Executive Producer
Katia Washington
Producer
Jason Michael Berman
Original Film Writer
Ryuzo Kikushima
🖼 Gallery
🏷 Keywords
new york citybased on novel or bookransomremakebased on moviemoral dilemmainsecureprovocativearrogantconceitedpretentious
💬 Reviews
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 blac…
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 squ…
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 movi…
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