Denzel Washington Takes On New York City In Spike Lee’s ‘Highest 2 Lowest’ Trailer
The official trailer for the newest Spike Lee Joint has been released. Starring Denzel Washington, Highest 2 Lowest finds the acclaimed actor in a fight for his family and his morals. The film, directed by Lee, is an English-language reinterpretation of Akira Kurosawa’s 1963 Japanese kidnapping drama High and Low, which is loosely based on the 1959 novel King’s Ransom by Ed McBain (Evan Hunter).
According to the official description, Washington leads as a titan music mogul, widely known for having the “best ears in the business.” The film marks the fifth collaboration between the actor and director, with the last standing as Inside Man, released back in 2006. Their previous works are Mo’ Better Blues, Malcolm X, and He Got Game.
Highest 2 Lowest is written by Alan Fox and Lee, and developed and produced by Apple and A24, Escape Artists, and Mandalay Pictures. It debuted out of competition at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival and will hit theaters on Aug. 15, 2025, before arriving on Apple TV+ on September 5.
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The film also stars A$AP Rocky, Ilfenesh Hadera, Dean Winters, John Douglas Thompson, and Ice Spice.
“Yeah, don’t sleep on A$AP,” Lee exclaimed of the Harlem rapper’s major acting debut. “In this film, Denzel and A$AP go toe to toe.
“What’s interesting is, even before I got involved with this film, I always thought that A$AP looked like he could be Denzel’s son,” he details. “There’s a big resemblance. So when you see it on the screen, it adds an element of father and son. Don’t sleep on A$AP. Don’t sleep on A$AP.”
Watch the trailer for Highest 2 Lowest above.
