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Highest 2 Lowest(2025)
Status: Released
Date: 2025-08-14
55%
462 Votes
Time: 2h 13m
All $$ ain't good $$.
Overview:
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.
Languages: English, Spanish.
Countries:
United States of America,
Japan
Budget: $25,000,000.00
Revenue: $1,500,000.00
ProductionCompanies: 
A/Vantage Pictures
Kurosawa Production
Movie: Highest 2 Lowest
Top 10 Billed Cast
Denzel Washington
David King
Jeffrey Wright
Paul Christopher
Ilfenesh Hadera
Pam King
Elijah Wright
Kyle Christopher
Aubrey Joseph
Trey King
A$AP Rocky
Yung Felon
John Douglas Thompson
Det. Earl Bridges
LaChanze
Sgt. Bell
Dean Winters
Det. Higgins
Wendell Pierce
Gabe
Video Trailer Highest 2 Lowest
Video: Official Trailer
Official Trailer
A$AP Rocky on Playing "Yung Felon"
Day of Reckoning
Denzel Delivers the Ransom Scene
Denzel vs. A$AP Scene
He's in for the fight of his life.
High praise.
Making of Mini-Doc
Official Teaser
Quintessential Spike Lee.
All 17 videos
Official Trailer - Trailer
A$AP Rocky on Playing "Yung Felon" - Featurette
Day of Reckoning - Clip
Denzel Delivers the Ransom Scene - Clip
Denzel vs. A$AP Scene - Clip
He's in for the fight of his life. - Clip
High praise. - Teaser
Making of Mini-Doc - Behind the Scenes
Official Teaser - Teaser
Quintessential Spike Lee. - Featurette
Spike Lee & Denzel Washington Working Together for Their Fifth Film - Behind the Scenes
Spike Lee and Denzel Washington in Conversation - Featurette
Spike Lee Talks Inspiration from Akira Kurosawa and Denzel Washigton for 'Highest 2 Lowest' - Featurette
The higher they rise, the harder they fall. - Clip
The Making of a Spike Lee Joint - Behind the Scenes
The Ransom Drop Plan Scene - Clip
They've got history. - Featurette
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