HIGHEST 2 LOWEST is a 2025 crime drama thriller film directed by Spike Lee, from a screenplay by Alan Fox. The film is inspired by the 1963 film High and Low, co-written by Eijirô Hisaita and Evan Hunter. The film is set to debut at the Cannes Film Festival in May, 2025.
When a titan music mogul is targeted with a ransom plot, he is jammed up in a life-or-death moral dilemma. A reinterpretation of Akira Kurosawa's crime thriller High and Low, now played out on the mean streets of modern day New York City.
The cast includes Denzel Washington, Ilfenesh Hadera, Jeffrey Wright, Ice Spice, and ASAP Rocky.
HIGHEST 2 LOWEST is set to debut in theaters August 15th, before a streaming release on Apple TV+ September 5th, courtesy of A24. Watch the official trailers below.