Highest 2 Lowest is Spike Lee's new film, due on the Apple TV+ platform on September 5, 2025. Written by the director in collaboration with Alan Fox, this dramatic thriller stars Denzel Washington, Jeffrey Wright, Ilfenesh Hadera, Aubrey Joseph and A$AP Rocky. Inspired by Akira Kurosawa's classic Between Heavenand Hell(High and Low), the story transposes this police intrigue to the streets of New York, focusing on a music mogul caught up in a ransom case.
The trailer reveals a dark, tense atmosphere, characteristic of the urban thriller, where the protagonist's every decision can become a matter of life and death.
Highest 2 Lowest will be available on Apple TV+ from September 5, 2025. The film was also presented out of competition at the Cannes Film Festival 2025.
Synopsis: A music tycoon, reputed to have "the best ears in the business", is the target of a ransom demand that forces him into a moral dilemma between life and death.
Apple TV+ continues its strategy of offering ambitious original films with the release of Highest 2 Lowest. The platform is counting on the collaboration between Spike Lee and Denzel Washington, two major figures in American cinema, to enrich its catalog and attract fans of psychological thrillers. After its acclaimed run at the Cannes Film Festival, the film is aimed at an international audience via direct streaming.
This is the fifth collaboration between the filmmaker and the actor, following such iconic films as Mo' Better Blues (1990), Malcolm X (1992) and He Got Game (1998). In this new project, Denzel Washington plays a character faced with an extreme moral dilemma, a role perfectly suited to his image as an actor of intense drama. Jeffrey Wright, Ilfenesh Hadera, Aubrey Joseph and rapper A$AP Rocky complete a varied cast.
The film should appeal not only to fans of suspense stories and psychological dramas, but also to arthouse cinema enthusiasts curious to see how Spike Lee revisits an Akira Kurosawa classic. Apple TV+ subscribers will discover a breathtaking plot, comparable in its intensity to references such as Seven or Training Day, carried by a prestigious cast and contemporary direction.
Directed by Spike Lee, written with Alan Fox and produced by Apple, Highest 2 Lowest is a modern adaptation of Akira Kurosawa'sBetween Heaven and Hell. The film will be released worldwide on Apple TV+ on September 5, 2025, after an out-of-competition screening at the Cannes Film Festival. Starring Denzel Washington, it is set to be a major event for cinema and streaming fans alike.
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