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📅 2025 ⏱ 2h 13min R Released FHD / 4K

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

🗳 Votes434

🔥 Popularity5

💰 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

🎥 Crew

DirectorSpike Lee

ProducerTodd Black

ProducerJason Michael Berman

Executive ProducerSpike Lee

Executive ProducerPeter Guber

Executive ProducerMatthew Lindner

Executive ProducerChris Brigham

Executive ProducerKatia Washington

Co-ProducerJordan Moldo

Original Film WriterAkira Kurosawa

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💬 Reviews

Chris Sawin⭐ 6/10

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…

Brent Marchant⭐ 6/10

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…

Chandler Danier⭐ 4/10

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…