6.7
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Thriller, Crime, Drama • 2025 • 133 min • Adults (18+)
Highest 2 Lowest (2025)
Highest 2 Lowest (2025)
Overview
When a titan music mogul, widely known as having the "best ears in the business", is targeted with a ransom plot, he is jammed up in a life-or-death moral dilemma.
Starring Cast
Denzel Washington • Jeffrey Wright • Ilfenesh Hadera
Where to watch
Apple TVRating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Progressive
Political: Strong Left
Diversity: High
Race Swap: Yes
Viewer Rating
6.7
Overview
When a titan music mogul, widely known as having the "best ears in the business", is targeted with a ransom plot, he is jammed up in a life-or-death moral dilemma.
Starring Cast
Denzel Washington • Jeffrey Wright • Ilfenesh Hadera
Where to watch
Apple TVDetailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Progressive
Primary
Political: Strong Left
Confidence: High
The film explicitly critiques systemic wealth disparity and economic inequality, framing criminal action as a response to desperation and challenging the moral authority of the wealthy, aligning with progressive ideology.
Diversity: High
Confidence: High
This film demonstrates significant diversity, equity, and inclusion through its explicit recasting of central roles with Black actors in a remake of a Japanese classic. The narrative explores complex themes of class, wealth, and the corruption of capitalism through the lens of a Black protagonist navigating a multicultural New York City, without explicitly critiquing traditional identities.
Secondary
Race Swap: Yes
Confidence: High
The film is a contemporary reinterpretation of Akira Kurosawa's 1963 Japanese crime thriller *High and Low*. The original Japanese characters are now portrayed by a predominantly Black and some white cast, constituting a race swap for the main roles.
LGBTQ: N/A
Confidence: High
The film 'Highest 2 Lowest, 2025' does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. Based on available information, there are no explicit queer identities, relationships, or related plot elements present in the narrative or among the cast.
Trans: N/A
Confidence: High
The film "Highest 2 Lowest" does not feature any transsexual characters or themes. Reviews and plot summaries indicate no depiction of transsexual topics, gender transformation, or related ideas, leading to an N/A rating for its portrayal.
Female Combat: N/R
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Gender Swap: No
Confidence: High
The film is a contemporary reinterpretation of Akira Kurosawa's "High and Low" (1963). All named characters in this adaptation maintain the same gender as their established counterparts in the original source material.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
5.5
5.5
Critic Ratings
8.3
7.4
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