Highest 2 Lowest
2025 film by Spike Lee
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- Highest 2 Lowest is a 2025 American crime thriller film directed by Spike Lee from a screenplay by Alan Fox.
- The film stars Denzel Washington, Jeffrey Wright, Ilfenesh Hadera, ASAP Rocky, John Douglas Thompson, Dean Winters, LaChanze, Princess Nokia, and Ice Spice (in her film debut).
- Principal photography began in New York City in March 2024 and wrapped that May.
- The film received generally positive reviews from critics.
- Having once sold his majority interest in the company, he intends to buy back majority ownership to avert a buyout by a rival label.
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WikipediaHighest 2 Lowest is a 2025 American crime thriller film directed by Spike Lee from a screenplay by Alan Fox. It is an English-language remake of Akira Kurosawa's 1963 Japanese film High and Low, itself based on Ed McBain's 1959 novel King's Ransom. The film stars Denzel Washington, Jeffrey Wright, Ilfenesh Hadera, ASAP Rocky, John Douglas Thompson, Dean Winters, LaChanze, Princess Nokia, and Ice Spice (in her film debut). It is the fifth collaboration between Lee and Washington and the first since Inside Man (2006).
Principal photography began in New York City in March 2024 and wrapped that May. Highest 2 Lowest had its world premiere out of competition of the Cannes Film Festival on May 19, 2025, and was released theatrically in the United States by A24 on August 15 before becoming available on Apple TV+ on September 5. The film received generally positive reviews from critics.
David King is a New York City music mogul, considered to have the "best ears in the business", and the founder of Stackin' Hits Records. Having once sold his majority interest in the company, he intends to buy back majority ownership to avert a buyout by a rival label. To regain majority ownership, King offers to buy out one of his two partners’ shares. To raise the cash for the deal, he puts up most of his personal assets, including his Dumbo penthouse home and collection of art by contemporary Black artists, as collateral.
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