HIGHEST 2 LOWEST Official Trailer (2025)

Highest 2 Lowest is a 2025 crime thriller remake of Akira Kurosawa's High and Low, directed by Spike Lee, where a New York music mogul faces a harrowing moral dilemma after a kidnapping goes awry.
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Plot Summary
Stackin' Hits Records executive King David prepares a major business deal when kidnappers mistakenly abduct his driver Paul's son Kyle instead of his own son Trey, still demanding $17.5 million ransom. King grapples with paying for the lower-class child amid police pursuit, a tense subway ransom drop during the Puerto Rican Day Parade, and revelations that the mastermind is aspiring rapper Archie from his orbit. The chase culminates in confrontations testing integrity, class divides, and redemption in modern NYC.
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Cast and Crew
Denzel Washington stars as King David in his fifth Spike Lee collaboration, with A$AP Rocky as Archie, Jeffrey Wright, Ilfenesh Hadera, Ice Spice, and supporting roles by the late Bill Cobbs. A24 and Apple TV+ produced the 133-minute R-rated film, shot in Brooklyn with Dolby Atmos sound.
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