Highest 2 Lowest (2025)
2h 13m
Running Time
August 22, 2025Release Date
Highest 2 Lowest (2025)
2h 13m
Running Time
August 22, 2025Release Date
Network & Production Companies






Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.

Denzel Washington
David King

Jeffrey Wright
Paul Christopher

Ilfenesh Hadera
Pam King

A$AP Rocky
Yung Felon

Dean Winters
Det. Higgins

Michael Potts
Patrick Bethea

Ice Spice
Marisol Cepeda

LaChanze
Sgt. Bell

Jeremy Sample
Randy / Stunts

Evyn George
Gym Goer

John Douglas Thompson
Det. Earl Bridges

Aubrey Joseph
Trey King

Wendell Pierce
Gabe

Manny Joseph
Big Money

Andy McQueen
Larry Friday

Spike Lee
Director / Executive Producer

Todd Black
Producer

Jason Michael Berman
Producer

Peter Guber
Executive Producer

Matthew Lindner
Executive Producer

Chris Brigham
Executive Producer

Katia Washington
Executive Producer

Jordan Moldo
Co-Producer

Akira Kurosawa
Original Film Writer

Eijirō Hisaita
Original Film Writer

Hideo Oguni
Original Film Writer

Ryūzō Kikushima
Original Film Writer

Matthew Libatique
Director of Photography

Evan Hunter
Novel

Joseph P. Reidy
First Assistant Director

Allyson C. Johnson
Editor

Aimee Dombo Desmond
Assistant Art Director

William Alan Fox
Screenplay

Barry Alexander Brown
Editor

Kim Taylor-Coleman
Casting

Mark Friedberg
Production Design

Laura Ballinger
Supervising Art Director

Lisa Scoppa
Set Decoration

Francine Jamison-Tanchuck
Costume Design

Ngozi Olandu
Makeup Department Head

Philip Stockton
Supervising Sound Editor

Hugh Sicotte
Concept Artist

Alex Bickel
Colorist

Michael Simmons
Art Direction

George B. Colucci Jr.
Stunts

Tim Gallin
Stunts

Dina L. Margolin
Stunts

Joanne Lamstein
Stunts

Mike Burke
Stunt Driver

Victoria Lee Parella
Stunt Driver

Teéa Loreál
Stunt Driver

Salar Ghajar
Stunts

Samantha MacIvor
Stunts

Manny Ayala
Stunt Driver

Roy T. Anderson
Stunt Driver

Justin Clarke
Stunt Driver

Jamaal Burcher
Stunts

Niahlah Hope
Stunts

Jimmy P. Wong
Stunt Driver

Sol Saihati
Gaffer / Grip

Howard Drossin
Original Music Composer

LaWanda M. Pierre
Hair Department Head

James Debbs
Post Production Supervisor

Randy Manion
Unit Production Manager

Rachel Jaros
Second Assistant Director

Cole Fletcher
Second Second Assistant Director

Travis Rehwaldt
Second Unit First Assistant Director

Lisa Merik
Assistant Art Director

Reid Thompson
Assistant Art Director

Jake Spongberg
Set Dresser

Sacha Piscuskas
Set Decoration Buyer

Allison Jackson
Sound Mixer

Frank Kern
Foley Editor

Joseph Winterbotham
Sound Effects Editor

Kevin Delatorre-Yanez
Special Effects Technician

John Nesbit
Special Effects Technician

Ryan Nordin
Special Effects Technician

David C. Sales
Visual Effects Producer

Julian J. Delacruz
Steadicam Operator / 'A' Camera Operator

Benjamin Meads
Lighting Technician

Ryan Mulholland
Lighting Technician

Ricardo Sarmiento
Camera Operator

Jason Robbins
'B' Camera Operator

Emily Fleischer
Casting Associate

Justine Baker
ADR Mixer

Mark DeSimone
ADR Mixer

Kenton Jakub
ADR Editor

Kathy Lee
Utility Sound

Brian Magrum
ADR Mixer

Aaron Southerland
ADR Mixer

Julia Stockton
Dialogue Editor

Maya Toffler
ADR Recordist

Steven Visscher
Boom Operator

Matthew T. Griffin
Visual Effects Producer

George Loucas
Visual Effects Supervisor

Mark William Bassett
Rigging Gaffer

Robert Bevis
Electrician

Lizzy Compton
Loader

Lamont Crawford
Key Grip

Jeff Dickerson
Loader

Jeff Flohr
Digital Imaging Technician

Dexter Kennedy
Drone Operator

James Madrid
First Assistant 'B' Camera

Daniel McCabe
Gaffer

Mike Morini
Dolly Grip

Lee Marvin Walker
Grip

Craig Anthony
Costumer

Pattie J. Barbosa
Costumer

Ann Bryant
Assistant Costume Designer

Ashley Clemmings
Costume Coordinator

Marta Font
Key Costumer

Jennifer Harrington
Truck Costumer

Darlene Jackson
Tailor

Christopher Opopo
Set Costumer

Makeda Richards
Set Costumer

Minerva Diann Savoy
Tailor

Paul A. Simmons Jr.
Costume Supervisor

Earl Tanchuck
Key Costumer

Chris Gennarelli
Colorist

Alek Rost
Digital Intermediate Producer

Aaron Hurvitz
Location Scout

Jason Kadlec
Assistant Location Manager / Location Scout

Ethan Lazarovitch
Location Assistant

Javier Sarmiento
Assistant Location Manager

Tim Stacker
Location Manager

Alexandra Torterotot
Script Supervisor

Jack Berk
Production Assistant

Ian Buckwalter
Payroll Accountant

Lon Haber
Publicist

Mary Beth Minthorn
Executive In Charge Of Production

Mary R. Rizzo
Production Coordinator

Laith Zuaiter
Production Assistant

I. Javier Ameijeiras
Scenic Artist

Philip Canfield
Leadman

Mason Chesler
Graphic Designer

Glen A. Gregory
Construction Coordinator

Amanda Hagy
Scenic Artist

Erica Hohf
Graphic Designer

Angelica Bianca Jimenez
Props

Klara Jogalla
Assistant Set Decoration

Armon Mahdavi
Art Department Assistant

Jin Rhim
Art Department Coordinator

Matthew Jeffrey Sama
Concept Artist

Anastasia Folorunso
Second Second Assistant Director

YeJin Joy Kim
Additional Second Assistant Director

DeShaun Wright
Additional Second Assistant Director

Lisa Cossrow
Assistant Production Manager

Cassandra Ward
Assistant Makeup Artist

Ko Kurosawa
Executive Producer

Elijah Wright
Media.





Details.
Release DateAugust 22, 2025
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 13m
Filming LocationsNew York City, United States
Genres
Last updated:
This Movie Is About.
remake
new york
based on novel or book
ransom
moral dilemma
based on movie
Wiki.
Highest 2 Lowest is a 2025 American neo-noir crime thriller film directed by Spike Lee and written by William Alan Fox, it is an English-language reinterpretation of Akira Kurosawa's 1963 Japanese film High and Low, itself loosely based on the 1959 novel King's Ransom by Ed McBain (Evan Hunter). It stars Denzel Washington, Ilfenesh Hadera, Jeffrey Wright, ASAP Rocky, and Ice Spice (in her film debut).
The film had its world premiere out of competition of the Cannes Film Festival on May 19, 2025, and is scheduled be released theatrically in the United States by A24 on August 22, 2025, before being made available on Apple TV+ on September 5, 2025.