20252h 13mDir. Spike Lee

Highest 2 Lowest

Name: Highest 2 Lowest
Genre: Crime, Drama
Released: 2025-08-14
Duration: 2 h 13 min
Rating: 3.5
Cast: Denzel Washington, Jeffrey Wright, Ilfenesh Hadera, A$AP Rocky, John Douglas Thompson

“All $$ ain't good $$.”

CrimeDrama

3.5 / 5.0

1 Community Logs

1st Half: 3.5 ★vs2nd Half: 3.5 ★

CineFriendz Split-Rating Metric (Pacing & Climax breakdown)

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.

Starring:Denzel Washington,Jeffrey Wright,Ilfenesh Hadera,A$AP Rocky,John Douglas Thompson

Featured Cast

(12 actors)

Denzel Washington

David King

Jeffrey Wright

Paul Christopher

Ilfenesh Hadera

Pam King

A$AP Rocky

Yung Felon

John Douglas Thompson

Det. Earl Bridges

Dean Winters

Det. Higgins

LaChanze

Sgt. Bell

Aubrey Joseph

Trey King

Elijah Wright

Kyle Christopher

Michael Potts

Patrick Bethea

Wendell Pierce

Gabe

Princess Nokia

Rosa Fuentas

Key Production Crew

Director

Spike Lee

Screenplay & Writers

Hideo Oguni, Ryuzo Kikushima, Eijiro Hisaita, Akira Kurosawa

Cinematography

Matthew Libatique

Original Score

Howard Drossin

Producers

Todd Black, Jason Michael Berman

Film Details

Budget$25,000,000

Box Office Revenue$1,500,000

Original Languageen

Production Studios

A2440 Acres and a Mule FilmworksEscape ArtistsMandalay PicturesA/Vantage PicturesKurosawa Production

Keywords & Themes

#new york city#based on novel or book#ransom#remake#based on movie#moral dilemma#insecure#police procedural#absurd#arrogant

Community Reviews & Logs

Aniket Shukla @aniket11

Oct 13, 2026

1ST WATCHImported Log

3.5

Man, Spike Lee, good sir, you gotta chill! Okay, Mr. Spike, let’s tuck you in, ‘cause you out here remixin’ every Asian movie like it’s karaoke night! And what’s with that elevator music, man? I’ll give you seventeen and...

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