Denzel Washington stars in Highest 2 Lowest, a gripping reimagining of Kurosawa’s High and Low, directed by Spike Lee. Set in modern-day NYC, a music mogul faces a life-or-death moral crisis when he's caught in a brutal ransom plot. Streaming September 5, 2025, only on Apple TV+. The cast includes Jeffrey Wright, A$AP Rocky, Ilfenesh Hadera, Aubrey Joseph, Elijah Wright, Dean Winters, Wendell Pierce, and LaChanze. Written by Alan Fox, produced by Jason Michael Berman and Todd Black, and executive produced by Spike Lee, Ko Kurosawa, Kana Idetsu Broadhurst, Peter Guber, Matthew Lindner, Katia Washington, and Chris Brigham, Highest 2 Lowest delivers a gripping, emotional thriller that challenges viewers to question how far someone will go when everything is on the line.