Highest 2 Lowest (2025)

Movie Details

Original Title Highest 2 Lowest

Original Language EN

Budget $25,000,000

Revenue $1,500,000

Status Released

Popularity 75.6

Cast

Denzel Washington

David King

Popularity: 3.9

Jeffrey Wright

Paul Christopher

Popularity: 1.9

Ilfenesh Hadera

Pam King

Popularity: 1.3

Elijah Wright

Kyle Christopher

Popularity: 0.2

Aubrey Joseph

Trey King

Popularity: 0.3

A$AP Rocky

Yung Felon

Popularity: 0.5

John Douglas Thompson

Det. Earl Bridges

Popularity: 0.3

LaChanze

Sgt. Bell

Popularity: 0.4

Dean Winters

Det. Higgins

Popularity: 1.2

Wendell Pierce

Gabe

Popularity: 1.3

Michael Potts

Patrick Bethea

Popularity: 0.4

Frederick Weller

Alex Cordova

Popularity: 0.4

Key Crew

Executive Producer Matthew Lindner, Spike Lee, Peter Guber

Director Spike Lee

Producer Todd Black, Jason Michael Berman

Editor Allyson C. Johnson, Barry Alexander Brown

Screenplay Alan Fox

Production

A24

40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks

Escape Artists

Mandalay Pictures

A/Vantage Pictures

Kurosawa Production

Videos & Trailers

Spike Lee and Denzel Washington in Conversation

Featurette

The Ransom Drop Plan Scene

Clip

High praise.

Teaser

A$AP Rocky on Playing "Yung Felon"

Featurette

The Making of a Spike Lee Joint

Behind the Scenes

Making of Mini-Doc

Behind the Scenes

Image Gallery

Backdrops

Posters

Keywords

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Reviews from TMDB

Chris Sawin 6/10

Aug 12, 2025

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 ear ... Read more

Brent Marchant 6/10

Aug 24, 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 Ho ... Read more

Chandler Danier 4/10

Sep 7, 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 ... Read more