If you missed Highest 2 Lowest, the crime thriller is returning to theaters for a one-night engagement.
Spike Lee shared the news on Instagram, saying the film will be back on the big screen Saturday, Dec. 6.
“See Highest 2 Lowest on the big screen again for one night only,” the director wrote in a Dec. 3 Instagram post. “You’ll receive an exclusive new poster of the film and get to see the big screen debut of @aiyanaleeofficial’s music short film of the title track.”
Inspired by Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa’s 1963 crime thriller High and Low, the film follows New York City music mogul David King. Denzel Washington leads the cast as King, who is considered to have the “best ears in the business.”
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As he works on a business deal to buy back majority ownership of his label, King’s world gets turned upside down when a street hustler named Yung Felon (played by A$AP Rocky) kidnaps his teenage son and demands $17.5 million.
“I ain’t got it!” King tells Yung Felon before hangs up the phone.
Thanks to his legendary ears, King eventually recognizes the voice on the phone as an aspiring rapper who kept pressing him for a shot at stardom. The music mogul launches his own investigation, separate from the police, as the kidnapper becomes increasingly more unhinged.
The cast also includes Jeffrey Wright (American Fiction), Ilfenesh Hadera (Godfather of Harlem), Dean Winters (Law & Order: SVU), John Douglas Thompson (The Gilded Age), Michael Potts (The Wire), and rapper Ice Spice.
The movie marked the fifth collaboration between Oscar winners Spike Lee and Denzel Washington after Mo’ Better Blues, Malcolm X, He Got Game, and Inside Man.
After debuting at the Cannes Film Festival in May, the film received a positive reception from critics, with an 89 percent score on Rotten Tomatoes.
The A24 and Apple Original Films drama arrived in theaters on Aug. 15, 2025, and began streaming on Apple TV three weeks later.
Unfortunately, the film’s marketing campaign was lackluster, with some Spike Lee fans noting on social media they didn’t even know the director had a new movie coming out.
HuffPost called the promotional campaign “horrendous,” while Screen Rant published an article saying Apple made marketing “missteps.”
During its theatrical run, the film only earned $1.5 million at the box office.
Perhaps moviegoers who don’t have Apple TV will embrace the film when it returns to theaters this weekend. Ticket details can be found here.
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